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alteutonik,  1915 


a  union  tongue  for  all  teutons) 
(weltsprache) 


by  elias  molee 


UNDVERSITY  OF  CALIFORNI 

AT  LOS  angele; 


•FROM -THE- LIBRARY- OF 
OTTO  •  BREMER 


(a  union  tongue  for  all  teutons.) 
(welt&praehe.) 

by  elias  molee. 
address: — tacoma,  wash.,  u.  s.  america. 


mottoes, 
die  deutsche  iiatur  schwebt  ueber  den  volkeni. 

victor  Hugo. 

an  das  deutclie  wesen  wird  die  welt  einst  genesen. 

gothe. 
les  allemands  ont  une  langue,  les  francais  n'ont  qu'un 
jargon. 

(paris),  m.  de  villiers. 

the  baltic   sea,   between  gprmany   and   scandlnavia,   has 
always  been  the  true  world's  center  of  culture. 

prof.  dr.  lenker. 


libraries,  receiving  a  free  copy  of  this  pamphlet 
are  requested  to  'bind  it  in  cloth. 


published  hy  the  author,  1915. 

tacoma,  wash.,   u.  s.   amerika 

price  20  cents;  80  pfenigfe;  75  ore 

puget  sound  posteu  print. 


introductory  irj  ^pglish- 
see  "al^jeut'qnU:'.'  ,'«f^rfttt.€'.r.  ^head. 
thirty  easy  abbreviations   used 


b,  be 
bn,   been 
e,  the 
h,   have 
hd,    had 
hs,   has 
cd,  could 
cm,  come 
en,  can 
V,   ov    (of) 


n,   and 
nsf,  etc. 
shl,  shall 
shd,    should 
t,   to,   too 
tm,  time 
thr,   there 
ths,  this 
tht,  that 
thn,  then 


u,  you 
wd,  would 
whc,  which 
whn,    when 
whr,  where 
wht,   what 
wl,  will 
ws,   was 
wth,  with 
s,  is 


before  1  go  farther,  it  wl  b  well  t  give  a  few  points  v 
(ov)    information  t  printers  w,hr  no  "caps"  are  used. 

one  line  drawn  under  a  word  in  a  manuscript  indi- 
cates t  0  t;'peseiter  tht  e  word  s  t  b  in  italics;  two  lines 
mean  full  face;  three  lines  mean  large  letters  from  e 
lowercase  for  general  headings;  a  waving  line  drawn  un- 
der a  word  means  "spacing";  tht  s,  an  "n"  quad  t  b  placed 
between  e  letters  n  two  quads  between  a  several  words, 
for  e  sake  v  emphasis  or  attention.  e  germans,  Scandi- 
navians, n  hollanders  employ  spacing  very  often  in  place 
V  "italics,"  or  "full  face"  type.  it  is  often  convenient  for 
tht  pun)Ose.  as  no  new  font  is  required. 

an  "m"  n  "n'  quad  shd  b  placed  after  every  period  at 
e  end  v  a  sentence,  whr  no  capital  letters  are  used,  t  give  a 
clearer   opening   between    sentences. 

e  four  fundamental  principles 

thr  are  four  great  fundamental  principles,  or  corner- 
stones in  language  construction,  whc  shd  be  learned  by 
heart  n  printed  with  full  face  type,  namely: 

1.  e  ease  v  e  suggestive  action  s  strong  in  proportion 
t  e  number  v  times  e  words  n  ideas  h  bn  associated  in 
consciousness. —  (h.  spencer) 

2.  e  more  mental  energy  required  t  master  e  words, 
e  less  mental  energy  s  left  for  e  ideas  contained. 

3.  language  shd  proceed  from  e  known  t  e  unknown. 

4.  language  shd  proceed  from  e  simple  t  e  complex. 
it  s  not  necessary  lo  prove  at  length  tht  e  foregoing 

statements  are  true.  those  readers  for  whom  ths  s  writ- 
ten will  understand  tht  they  are  true  without  proof.  for 
e  benefit,  however,  v  less  philosophical  minds  we  may  say 
brieflj' — 

1.  that  words  often  heard  call  up  memory  n  e  sug- 
gestive action  more  easily  n  quickly  than  words  seldom 
heard.  thr  en  b  no  doubt  about  tht,  whc  s  e  first  prino 
iple. 


-  3  -  (17. 

2.  whn  we  translate  a  half-learned  foreign  language 
we  h  so  much  trouble  in  mastering  e  separate  words  tht 
we  do  not  clearly  understand  or  feel  e  force  v  e  ideas 
contained,  n  tht  is  e  second  principle 

3.  whn  We  start  from  e  known  words,  as  fish  n  lore, 
and  say  fishlore,  we  understand  e  new  unknown  term  at 
once,  while  if  we  say  ichthyology,  we  sin  against  e  third 
fundamental  principle. 

4.  whn  we  start  from  e  simple  words  arm  n  bone  and 
say  armbone,  we  do  start  from  e  simple  t  e  complex, 
while  if  we  say  humerus,  we  violate  e  fourth  principle, 
yea!  we  violate  all  e  four  principles  v  good  language-con- 
struction by  saying  ichthyology  n  humerus,  instead  v  say- 
ing "fishlore"  n  "armbone";  as  e  continental  teutons  say, 
fischlehre  n  armbein,  or  fiskelaere  n  armben. 

if  e  four  fundamental  principles  v  a  good  language- 
construction  b  true,  thn  it  follows  tht  only  homogeneous 
tongues  en  b  good  in  e  highest  sense  v  e  word.  if  it  b 
true  tht  "e  ease  v  e  suggestive  action  s  strong  in  propor- 
tion t  e  number  of  times  e  word  n  idea  h  bn  associated  in 
consciousness,"  thn  It  wl  b  required  t  choose  such  words 
or  combination  v  words,  whc  memory  hs  already  regis- 
tered in  consciousness;  tht  s,  take  arm  n  bone  n  from 
that  develop  armbone,  n  not  say  "humerus";  in  other 
words,  build  from  within  n  from  below,  as  e  greeks,  Scan- 
dinavians, old  anglo-saxons,  n  germans,  n  not  build  from 
outside.  thr  en  b  no  solid  n  pervading  harmony  in  any 
language  unless  it  agrees  wth  e  four  fundamental  princ- 
iples, if  we  study  those  four  principles  further,  we  shl 
find  tht  they  all  naturally  point  toward  a  concentrated 
homogeneous  basis.      let  us  see  if  they  do. 

if  frequency  v  association  between  words  n  ideas  s 
necessary  t  a  strong  or  vivid  suggestive  action, t  hn  it 
follows  tht,  if  we  want  our  ideas  t  b  easily  understood  n 
remembered,  we  must  choose  such  words  as  h  bn  fre- 
quently associated  in  mental  experience,  n  such  words  wl 
always  b  e  frequent  native  words  heard  in  childhood,  n 
tht  implies  a  small  homogeneous  basis,  because  only  such 
a  basis  en  naturally  h  hd  a  required  frequency  v  associa- 
tion between  words  n  ideas.  all  ceutonic  children  h 
heard  a  homogeneous  words  arm  n  bone;  hence  armbone 
wd  b  more  suggestive  than  e  latin  heterogeneous  humerus. 

secondly,  if  it  b  true  that  "e  more  mental  energy  re- 
quired t  master  e  words,  e  less  mental  energy  is  left 
for  e  ideas  contained,"  thn  tht  again  points  t  a  small 
well-known  homogeneous  basis,  for  only  such  basis  re- 
quires e  least  mental  energy  for  mastering  e  words  n 
leaves  e  greatest  surplus  mental  energy  for  e  ideas  con- 
tained— as  armbone  for  "humerus"  n  fishlore  for  "ichthy- 


—  4  — 

thirdly,  if  it  b  true  t'.it  "lansuagp  shcl  proceed  from  e 
known  t  e  unknown.'  thn  it  also  points  t  a  small  homo- 
geneous basis,  because  in  e  experience  v  childhood,  where 
ideas  oris^inate,  only  e  homcgDneous  native  words  cd  b 
well-known   ones 

fourthly,  if  it  b  trut'  that  languas'e  should  proceed 
from  e  pimple  words  t  e  complex,  thn  it  again  follows 
naturally  tht  we  must  build  on  e  homogeneoui,  native 
saxori,  Teutonic  words,  because  only  tuch  words  are  e 
simple  ones  by  whc  we  en  build  up  e  higher  ones;  a? 
arm  n  bone  makr^s  self-explaining  "armbone"  while  humer- 
us is  a  new  term. 

t  develop  language  from  a  f?w  well-known  native 
words  makes  language  not  only  more  scientific,  but  also 
more  poetical,  concrete,  n  definite.  such  language  wd 
greatly  prom-ote  poP'Jlar  intelligence  n  honesty,  for  honesty 
depends  very  munh  upon  a  clear  consciousness. 

e  four  fundamental  principles  aforesaid  wl  not  merely 
produce  a  self-explaining  n  homogeneous  language;  tut  s, 
a  language  v  one  kind  or  nature  or  v  one  cloth,  so  to 
speak,  but  those  four  principles  require  also  phonetic 
spelling  n  a  simple  n  regular  grammar.  those  four 
principles  wl  not  only  serve  as  guides  in  construction,  but 
also  as  a  cement,  t  make  e  language  solid,  durable,  har- 
monious, n  (-  words  mutually  suggestive  n  neighbourly 
helpful,   by  excluding   e   many,   isolating  n   solitary   facts. 

let  us  see  if  ths  b  true.  if  "e  ease  v  e  suggestive  ac- 
tion is  strong  in  proportion  t  e  number  v  tms  e  word,  sign 
or  symbol  h  on  associated  m  consciousness,  tht  s,  in  ex- 
perience, observation,  or  memory,"  thn  it  follows  tht  thr 
must  b  only  one  sign  (letter)  for  one  sound,  n  only,  one 
soi^nd  for  on?  sign  or  letter,  otherwise  thr  cannot  b  e 
regulr.r  frequency  v  association  between  letter  n  sound  t 
produce  e  greatest  ease  v  e  suggestive  action.  if  a  given 
sound  is  sometimes  represented  by  one  letter  or  combi- 
nation V  letters,  and  at  other  tra'S  by  different  letters,  e 
Bolidity  V  'i  association  in  consciousness  wl  b  broken,  n 
therefore  e  greatest  ease  v  e  suggestive  action  cannot 
arise. 

.science,  therefore,  requires  phonetic  spelling.  for  e 
same  reason  capital  letters  must  b  discarded,  because  they 
prevent  a  constant  association  between  e  same  si.gn  n 
•sov-nd  by  dividing  e  attention.  e  only  way  t  keep  con- 
sciousness alive  is  by  repeated  restamping. 

repititio   mater  studiorm   est. 

wth  regard  t  grammar,  we  may  say  tht  it  shd  h  few, 
simple,  u  regular  rules.  if  it  b  true  tht  "e  ease  v  e 
suggestive  action  s  strong  in  proportion  t  e  number  v  tms 
e  word  or  rule  n  e  idea  h  bn  associated  in  consciousness," 


thu  it  follows  as  a  necessary  corollary  tht  grammar  must 
h  few  n  simple  rules,  for  otherwise  thr  cannot  b  e  re- 
quired frequency  v  association  between  e  given  rule  n 
idea,  in  order  t  obtain  e  highest  degree  v  ease  n  rapidity 
in  e  suggestive  action. 

let  1.1S  take  an  example,  suppose  thr  were  ten  dif- 
ferent rules  n  many  exceptions  v  forming  e  past  participle, 
it  is  evident  tht  each  rule  cd  not  be  repeated  in  conscious- 
ness so  often,  as  if  e  ten  rules  were  merged  into  one 
rule  wth  no  exceptions.  wht  men  speak  often  they 
speak  easily  n  rapidly.  if  all  past  participles  were 
formed  only  by  aadding  e  musical  semi-vowel,  continuous 
sonant  n  international  suffix  en,  n  no  other  inflection  al- 
lowed, thn  "en"  wd  becom.e  so  frequent  as  soon  t  b  re- 
garded as  e  natural  past  participle  builder,  as  given, 
taken,  seen,  loven,  work»n,  comen,  proven,  helpen,  nsf. 

e  simpler  n  fewer  e  rules  are,  e  oftener  wl  e  words  b 
seen  under  e  same  appearance,  n  hence,  so  much  more 
readily  recognized,  t  increase  e  suggestive  action.  e  pro- 
per function  v  language,  as  our  readers  know,  is  t  imoart 
ideas  n  feelings  easily.  language  cannot  do  ths  wth  e 
greatest  mental  economy  n  strength  in  a  suggestive  ac- 
tion unless  e  laws  v  psychology  are  obeyed,  as  concen- 
trated in  "e  four  fundamental  principles"  before  given 
thr  is  no  such  good  language  in  e  world  now;  hence  we 
must  agree  upon  one  e  best  we  en.  hurrah  for  e  language 
reunification  v  e  teutonic  race! 

it  wd  b  fortunate  if  e  english,  german,  Scandinavian,  n 
dutch-speaking  people,  including  e  belgians,  who  speak 
mostly  dutch,  cd  form  a  language  union  with  austria  n 
Switzerland.  it  wd  bind  all  those  people  into  e  strongest 
"entente  cordiale,"  n  b  a  great  convenince  t  other  na^tions. 

all  9ur  languages  are  t  old,  a  need  repairing,  like  an 
old  venerable  abbey. 

if  e  teutons  united  on  one  language,  they  wd  h  e 
powt>r  t  make  it  international  in  science,  commerce,  travel 
n  diplomacy,  nay,  even  e  continental  teutons  alone  cd 
make  it  international,  because  so  easy  for  all  foreign 
people  t  learn. 

"alteutonik"  s  bared  largely  on  e  german  vocabulary 
for  3  rea=;ons:  n'imely.  i)  the  german  language  s  e  most 
homogeneous,  transparent  n  self-explaining  of  all  e  great 
languages;  2)  german  stands  nearer  our  sister  tongues,  e 
Scandinavian  n  dutch  tongues,  than  english  wth  its  mixed 
latin  n  greek  vocabulary,  n  un-"fonetik"  spelling;  3)  e  ger- 
man people  are  e  most  si)read  out  over  e  world  of  all 
peoples.  e  english,  french,  spanieh  n  russians  h  hd  their 
own  colonies  to  concentrate  upon,  while  e  germans  h  hd 
t  go  t  foreign  countries.  e  germans  being  so  widely  scat- 
tered n   so  far  advanced   in   culture  n   so  great  language 


—  6  — 
students.  \\l  furnish  interpretors  n  teachers  v  "teutonik" 
all  over  e  slobe  nt  once,  without  prelimdnary  study.  if  a 
man  receives  a  letter  in  alteutonik  he  en  hunt  up  a  ger- 
*'esperanto"  n  "ido"  en  not  b  understood  unless  it  s  learned 
first,  whc  very  few  h  done,  or  wl  do.  '"alteutonik"  wl 
also  b  e  easiest  n  most  complete  n  reliable  union  tongue 
for  e  english-speaking  peoples  t  learn  n  t  introduce  as  e 
only  national  home  language.  english  n  german  shd  b 
reorgM.nized.       english  now  is  too  mixtd  n  too  unfonetik. 

e  teutonik  name 
i  h  called  ths  ])ropo£ed  language  "'teutonik"  because 
tht  s  e  most  generic  native  name,  generally  understood  n 
used,  tht  i  en  find.  "english"  or  '"simplified  english,  new 
english,  anglc-saxon,"  cr  "anglo-german"  wd  not  h  in- 
cluded e  Scandinavians  n  holiauders,  but  "teutonik"  (teu- 
tonic) is  e  generic  name  for  our  whole  race,  n  moans  e 
people.  "teutonik"  includes  e  english,  scandiinavian, 
dutch,  n  high-ge.raian  speaking  peoples  in  distinction  from 
e  romanic,  Slavonic,  Semitic,  n  mongolic  races.  e  teu- 
tonic languages  are  e  most  self-explaining  v  all  tongues. 

man   can  chancja   iiis   language. 

on  e  3d  day  v  June  16G9  e  french  academy  decreed,  tht 
e  present  participle  shd  not  b  changed  in  e  future  for  case 
or  nv.mber.  here  we  see  tht  learned  men  consciously 
simplified  e  grammar,  whc  hs  bn  adopted  by  e  french 
people. 

in  1S7^  learned  men  from  norway  n  denmark  met  in 
Copenhagen  n  agreed  tht  in  e  future  e  adiverb  should  not 
b  inflected.       ths  hs  bn  followed. 

1874  postmaster  general  stephan  v  e  german  empire 
"wth  e  consent  v  e  emperor,  decreed,  tht  all  foreign  words 
used  in  e  postal  department  shd  b  changed  t  native  ger- 
man words,  n  ths  hs  also  bn  adopted  by  e  people. 

prof.  w.  d.  Whitney  v  vale  university,  says  in  his  lec- 
tures on  e  english  lauguagp;  "man  has  power  over  lan- 
guage to  the  extent  to  which  he  can  get  his  fellow-man  to 
agree  with  him." 

foreigners  n  teutonik. 

if  foreigners  wd  understand  tht  e  easy  learned  teu- 
tonik cd  b  understood  at  first  reading  or  hearing  by  e 
german  people  wthout  preliminary  study,  the  foreigners 
might  master  alteutonik,  instead  of  studying  e  complex 
B  difficult  high-german  grammar,  in  order  t  deal  wth  e 
many  german-speaking  people.  ths  wd  assist  n  even 
compel  e  germans  t  adopt  ths  simplified  german  tongue, 
turitev  n  china  cd  easily  learn  teutonik.       it  wd,  however. 


I)  wise  for  e  germans  t  lot  alteutonik  remain  easy  for  e 
english  t  master,  in  order  t  outflank  e  mixed  english. 
lac^'uoge  as  a  future  world-spech,  n  give  e  world  an  easy 
n  self-explaining  tongue  to  learn.  If  e  germans  cd  produce 
a  world-speech,  it  wd  b  their  greatest  honor.  if  ger- 
many  herself  adopts  it,  foreigners  will  b  more  willing  to 
learn  it  also. 

ennlish    defects. 

e  3  great  defects  of  english  s  first  v  all  its  mixed  n 
nou-self-explaining  dictionary  (g.  "worterbuch";  word- 
bock),  e  great  mass  v  e  people  are  constantly  stumbling 
onto  "some  foreign  words,  whc  they  do  not  understand, 
this  prevents  e  english  from  enlightening  e  great  mass  v 
their  people  thru  science,  literature  n  public  lectures,  as 
easily  n  clearly  as  ths  can  b  done  by  e  continental  teutons, 
who  h  homogeneous  n  self-explaining  tongues.  people 
cnnot  always  carry  wth  them  a  dictionary.  all  must  ad- 
mit tht  a  self-explaining  n  homogeneous  language  like 
greek,  german,  Scandinavian  n  dutch  would  b  a  great  ad- 
vantage t  e  understanding  n  memory  v  e  english  people. 
U  seems  t  bad  tht  english  men  n  women  must  study  greek 
n  latin,  before  they  en  tuUy  understand  what  they  read 
n  hear  about  science,  art  or  philisophy. 

it  s  an  instructive  fact,  tht  those  nations  who  h  hd 
e  most  self-explaining  n  homogeneous  languages,  h  also 
been  e  most  enlightened  both  in  ancient  n  modern  times, 
as  e  old  greeks  n  e  modern  germans,  Scandinavians  n  hol- 
landers.  98  per  cent,  v  e  3  last  named  nations  can  read 
n  write,  n  no  other  nations  h  reached  tht  high  point. 
more  people  in  proportion  t  population  en  road,  n  they 
en  also  understand  more  v  wht  they  read,  than  elswhere, 
on  account  v  their  self-defining  tongues. 

it  s  true  e  english-speaking  people  h  done  remarkably 
well  wth  regard  o  obtaining  colonies  n  commerce  in  spite 
V  thoir  difficult  language.  we  must,  however,  remember 
tht  ths  success  hs  largely  depended  on  england's  navy 
n  foreign  commerce.  e  united  states  owes  its  success 
mainly  t  foreign  immigration,  especially  from  e  intelli- 
gent teutonic  countries.  both  england  n  e  united  states 
owe  much  t  geography,  whc  hs  given  them  isolated  n  safe 
positions  from  foreign  attack.  other  nations  n  races  are 
fast  becoming  enlightened  in  e  arts  v  war  n  peace;  hence, 
it  will  become  more  n  more  difficult  for  e  english-speaking 
people  with  their  time-wasting  mixed  vocabulary  n  "un- 
fonetik"  orthography  t  keep  even  wth  those  nations,  who 
h  pelf-explaniing,  homogeneous  n  native  words,  easy  for  o 
masses  t  understand  n  remember  wht  they  read  in  a^l 
lines  v  useful  n  popular  knowledge. 

j)roL  march  v  j)ennsylvania  university  says,  tht  e  edu- 


—  8  — 
catod  cnsflish  pcoi)Ie  lose  2  years  v  tm  on  account  v  mem- 
orizing e  meaniris;  v  foreign  words,  who  must  b  explained 
thru  e  native  saxop  words,  after  all.  prof,  boj-d  wiys,  thfc 
3  years  extra  tra  s  lost  in  memorizing  e  terribly  difficult 
english  spellijig.  prof,  dewey  says,  tht  it  cost  $10  extra 
yearly  all  told,  far  each  school  child,  t  teach  him  this  un- 
phonetic  orthography.  thr  are  over  15  million  school 
children  in  e  united  states;  hence,  e  people  v  e  united 
states;  hence,  e  people  v  e  united  sitates  alone  lose  over 
l.")0,000,000  yearly;  tht  s,  150  millions  more,  than  it  would 
cost  wth  phonetic  spelling,  as  they  h  in  germanj%  Scan- 
dinavia n  holland.  now  add  t  e  150  million  loss  of  money, 
e  loss  of  2  years  v  tm  on  account  v  e  foreign  non-self- 
explaining  words,  also  3  years  loss  v  tm  on  account  v  un- 
phonetic  spelling,  thn  we  can  safely  say,  wthout  fear  v 
successful  contradiction,  tht  e  english  language  s  e  most 
time-wasting  n  thought-killing  v  all  civilized  tongues, 
for  ths  reason,  it  will  b  impossible  for  the  en  glish-s  pea  li- 
ng people  t  impart  as  much  useful,  life-gaiiding,  popular 
knowledge  t  e  masses,  as  en  b  done  thru  e  self-explaining 
homogeneous  words  v  e  germans,  Scandinavians  n  hol- 
landers. 

prof.  geo.  p.  marsh  says  tht  no  civilized  people  under- 
stand so  small  a  per  cent,  v  their  dictionary  as  e  english 
people.  prof,  marsh  v  Columbia  university  says  again  in 
his  "lectures  on  the  english  language":  "science  hs  bcm 
repugnant  i  e  english  people  on  account  v  t  much  borrow- 
ing V  foreisrn  words." 

e  3d  defect  v  english  s,  tht  it  hs  t  many  sissing  or  sib- 
ilating essess,  t  few  pronounced  final  vowels  n  t  much 
crowding  together  v  harsh  consonantal  sounds;  "hosts, 
posts,  breadths,   world's,  hands"   nsf. 

considering  e  expensive  inherent  english  defects,  no 
people  ought  really  t  b  more  willing  t  adopt  teutonik 
than  e  english. 

on  e  other  hand  e  defects  of  e  difficult  german  gram- 
mar is  "der,  die,  das,  des,  dem,  den,  vowel  changes,  dative, 
accusativ,  conjunctive,"  nsf. 

e  great  english  thinker,  John  stuart  mill,  says  in  his 
"system   of   logik,"  page  441: 

"a  word  should  be  constructed  so  that  a  person,  who 
knows  the  thing  may  receive  all  the  assij^tance,  which  the 
name  can  give  iu  remembering  what  he  knows,  while  he 
who  knows  it  not  may  receive  as  much  knowledge  re- 
specting it,  as  the  case  admits  of,  by  merely  being  told  its 
name  in  thi-j  respect  those  languages  have  an  immense 
advantage,  wh.'ch  form  their  compounds  and  derivatives 
from  native  root',  like  the  german,  and  not  from  those  of 
a  forr-ign  cr  a  dead  language,  as  is  so  much  the  case  in 
english,  french  r.nd  Italian." 


—  9  — 

prof,  george  p.  marsh,  says  in  his  "lectures  on  the  eng^ 
lish   language,"  pages  206-7; 

"german  is  singularly  homogeneous  and  consistent  iu 
its  vocabulary.  the  essential  unity  of  its  speech  gives 
its  study  immense  value,  both  as  a  philological  and  in- 
tellectual discipline,  and  it  has  powerfully  contrbuted  to 
the  eminently  national  and  original  character  of  a  litera- 
ture, which  for  a  century,  has  done  more  to  widen  the 
sphere  of  human  knowledge,  and  elevate  the  habitual 
range  of  human  thought,  than  the  learning  and  the  intel- 
lect of  all  the  world  besides." 


t  e  u  t  0  n  i  k,     1915. 

(weltsprake). 

f  0  r  r  e  d  e. 


den  geeihrteu  leser  moclite  ich  bitten  diese  sprache 
erst  durchzulesen,  imd  dann  mit  anderen  neuen 
spraehen  zu  vergleiehen,  urn  festzustellen,  welclie 
von  alien  am  einfaehsten,  regelmassigsten,  einar- 
tigsten  (homogene)  seLbsterklarendsten  und  wohl- 
lautendsten  fyr  die  germanisclien  volker  in  europa 
und  amerika  ist.  keiue  sprache  klingt  im  anfang 
woJillautend.  man  darf  auf  einmal  nieht  zu  viel 
von  einer  neuen  sprache  verlangen.  alle  muessen 
regeln  und  worter  haben.  es  kommt  vor  allem  auf 
die  zusammensetzung  an.  angenehm  und  erfreu- 
lich  vare  es  fuer  micih,  wenn  ich  urteile  ueber  meine 
.siprache  dareh  zeitungen  oder  brieflich  erhielte... 
lassen  sie  uns  eine  mehr  einfache  und  regelmassige 
deutsche  spraehlehre  mit  latisclhen  buchstaiben  er- 
halten,  -vvelche  die  welt  behersehen  wuerde. 

der  verfasser. 

til    skan  dinavien 

hvis  skandinaverue  vilde  gjore  noget  stort  og  hel- 
temodigt  nii  i  verden  for  sin  folkestamme,  saa  kun- 
de  de  forene  sig,  for  at  indfore  et  "alteutoniskt  f al- 
ias, monstersprog;  for  at  gjore  det  til  et  levende  na- 
tionalt  tungemal  for  alle  skandinaver,  ved  dette 
vilde  de  cgsa  med  det  samme  blive  forstaet,  uden 


—  10  — 
oversatninp:,  i  alle  tysk-talende  og  hoUandske  lan- 
de,  og  derved  blive  aiitaget  som  det  mest  passen- 
de  vordeiissprog.  norge  og  danmark  grundede  det 
store  engelske  rige,  og  sverige  grundede  det  mag- 
tige  russiske  rige.  ridderstanden  kom  ogsa  ifra 
skandinavien.  norden  liar  en  stiirk  selvibestem- 
mendo  fremgangs-vilje.  de  kan,  derfor  styrke  de 
andre  teutoners  vilje.  den  franske  statsmand, 
motesquieu,  siger.  ''al  politisk  frihed  er  forst  kom- 
met  ifra  skandinavien."  'hvem  vil  Oipolre  sig  for 
et  godt  levende  fallessprog?  anden,  viljen  og  le- 
delsen  er  af  storre  vagt  end  en  stor  f)Ikemangde. 
se  bare,  hvor  let  "alt^nitonik"  er  at  liire  for  skole- 
born. 

forfatteren, 

e(der)teutonike    teil. 

di  4  feste  fcrkortla — l=^eiu,  la=eina  (erste), 
n=en  Cund\  nsf.=ensofort,  (etc).  "la"  ibedeute 
"erst";  "en"  is  liolandik  "en";  germanik,  "imd"; 
platgermanik  "nn";  n,sf="en  so  forth";  anglik. 
"and  so  forth."  is=bin,  ibist,  ist,  sind;  isn^war, 
waren,  gewesen. 

isn  hav  isn  (Avar,  gewesen)  annemen  wegn  re- 
gelniasikei. 

lese  it  wedr  (wieder)  fern  (5)  mala. 

e  eintal  artikl  is  e  (der,  die,  das)  ;  als,  "e  fadr,  e 
modr,  e  kind,"  (der  vater,  die  mutter,  das  kind). 
"der,  die,  das,"  eintal.  is  ser  swirik  fyr  utlandra). 
e  bestimen  (bestiramte  )artikel,  eintal  (eiuzahl)  is 
nemen  (genommen)  fon  platgermanik  (platt 
deutsch),  "e,"  n  is  eselve  fyr  ale  geslekta  (mase., 
fern,  n  neutram).  e  bestimen  mertal  artikl  is  imr 
di  (die)  ;  als,  "di  hunda,  di  hausa."  e  unbestimen 
lartikl  is  1  (ein)  ;  als,  "ein  (1)  man,  1  weib,  1  kind." 

bukstabiru  ov  teutonik. 

<li  bukstaba  (ante  als  in  n n-dtrermania  n  skandia; 
ator  "q,"  als  svedik  "a."  n  anglik  "aw"  in  "law" 
(Iq)  ;  ch,  sh,  als  in  anglik  "rich,  shall";  j  is  weik  als 


— 11  — 

in  jrermanik  n  skandik ;  y  (ue)  is  imr  1  selvlaut  (vo- 
kal)  ;  z  (tz)  als  in  germauik.  x  n  c  is  seltn  ge- 
braukn. 

in  tentonik  is  "x"=ks,  ntr  (ansser,  except)  in 
fremrle  worta ;  r  is  imr  hart  n  roUande,  als  in  ger- 
mania,  skandia  n  irland.  v  laute  als  "w";  ae,  oe, 
Tie,  ntsprekis  (wird  ausgesproclien)  trenen.  (ge- 
trennt.\  jede  bnkstab  bei  sik  selv;  so,  "a-e,  o-e,  u-e." 
"w"  soln  man  mer  spat  hen  abshafa ;  "v"  is  genug. 
keine  stnme  ibnkstalba  anwendis  (wird  angewandt; 
skandik  leideform  mit  is).  keine  ferdoplua  ov 
(fon),  bnkstaba.  Aven  man  wil  bezeikna  di  lange 
lanta,  so  setze  man  stets  1  anforezeikn  nak  di  lange 
selvlauta  (vokala)  ;  so,  "wa'l"  (wahl),  "a'i" 
(aall),  "fri'd"  (fried";,  om  to  erhalta  1  einzik  fest 
system  fyr  ale  ferlangerua  (verlangernngen).  e 
iinforezeikn  is  leikt  to  se  n  shreiba.  k  gebraakis 
(.wird  gebraukt)  overal,  wor  (wo)  moglik,  anstat  e 
swirike  gutural  lant  "oh,"  n  e  sishande  ''isih"  (iseh) 
Taut;  "buk"  (bneh)  ;  akandik,  "bok";  holandik, 
"boek";  platgermaniik,  "ibauk";  anglik,  "book." 
!k  is  mer  kort,  klar  n  sbarf,  n  mer  geistik  ekonomik ; 
^Is,  "ig,  lieh,  ish"  —  "Avindik"  (windig),  "frend- 
lik"  (frennlieih),  "germanik"  (germaniseb).  "k" 
is  nit  so  oft  gebraukn  als  file  andre  lanta.  k  is  se'r 
platgermanik  n  internazonik.  'k'  anwendis,  om  to 
erhalta  1  mer  fest  n  einfak  system.  "k"  is  1  se'r 
dentlik  bnkstab;  als,  glyk,  musik.  e  utlasis  (wird 
ausgelassen)  foran  1,  n,  r  bei  e  ende  ov  worta;  so, 
■"regl,  wegn,  modr." 

e  betonu  (^betonnng)  is  als  in  nordgermania.  skan- 
dia n  iholand;  namlik,  an  e  haupt,  odr  beshreibande 
silbe;  so,  "shule'haus"  n  "hans'shnle."  mit  frem- 
de  worta  is  e  betonu  an  e  ende  ov  di  worta ;  so, 
^'nazion',  religion',  nsf.  (en  so  fort).  spreke  "p" 
n  "b"  klar  nt,  als  in  nordgermania  n  skandia;  so, 
'':post,"  (nit,  ibost),  "brodr,"  (nit,  prodr)  "ganz" 
(nit,  .ians)  ;  sonst  wil  e  sprake  zerspaltis  in  dialek- 
ta.  kein  sprake  kan  makis  (gemadht  werden)  ganz 
logik  n  lauttreu    (fonetik)  ;    fi'l    mus    berua  an  e 


—  12  — 
mundlike  overliferu  fon  1  geslekt  to  e  andr.      keine 
omlauta  fon  "o"  to  "o";  fon  "a"  to  "a,"  odr  fon 
''u"  to  ''y"  (ue),  utr  (ausser)  to  fermeida  misfer- 
standnis.      oinlauta  is  sAvirik  fyr  kinda  n  utlandera. 

di  talworta  (zahlworter). 

da  di  bukstaba,  talvorta,  di  fyrworta  n  di  15  regla 
is  di  mest  eiufake,  soln  wir  lerna  si  la  (erst)  bei  to 
lesa  si  iaut  5  mala,  n  abshreiba  si  2  mala.  ale  lere- 
ra  n  lerina  soln  folga  dis  metode  in  ale  landa. 
di  talworta  is  nemen  fon  di  ferwante  skandike  spra- 
ka,  well  si  hav  di  meste  korte  n  bekweme  talvorta 
in  e  welt;  so,  "ein  1,  tvo  2,  tri  3,  fir,  fern,  seks,  syv, 
ot,  ni,  ti  (10),  tiein  (10+1=11),  titvo  (12),  titri  (13), 
tifir,  nsf.:  tvoti  (2X10=20),  tvoti-ein  (21),  tvoti- 
tvo;  nsf.  triti  (30),  triti-ein  (31);  nsf,  firti  (40), 
femti  (50),  seksti  (60),  swti  (70),  otti  (80),  niti 
(90),  hundr  (100),  tusn  (1,000),  einjon  (1,000,000, 
1  millicn),  tvojon  (1,000,000,000,  1  billion),  trijon 
(trillion)  nsf.  ''tvojon"  bedeute  1  shrit  ovr  e  tusn 
platz,  n  "tvojon"  bedeute  2  shrita  ovr  e  tusn  platz. 
wir  hav  nemen  di  nama,  "einjon"  n  "tvojon,"  om 
to  erhalta  reine  tentonike  v.'orta  n  fermeida  di  la- 
tinike  worta,  "million"  n  "billion."  teutonik  mus 
harraoniera  mit  sik  selv  n  sine  foLka  n  nit  mit  e 
fremde  n  steife  latin.  grekik  is  minst  3  mala  mer 
gild  sprake  als  latin, 

di  ordenctala  tofyge  a  to  di  grundtala;  so,  "ein  1, 
eina  ''erste),  tvo    ,  tvoa  (zweite)  ;  nsf. 

di  bruktala  is  so;  "ein  halvteil"  (1-2) ;  "tvo  tria- 
teila  (2-3),  "syv  otateila"  (7-8),  fern  niateila  (5-9)," 
nsf.  wir  kan  ok  saga,  "einmal,  tvomala,  trimala," 
nsf;  "cinfak,  tvofak,  trifak;  einfaltik,  tvofaltik 
(duplex),  hunderfaltik ;  trieinitkei   (trinity),  nsf. 

di  fyrworta  (pronoraina) . 

"mi,  du,  hi,  shi,  it,  wir,  ju,  .si.  wer,  wat,  wilk"  e 
besitzeform  tofyge  o  to  e  grundform  (nominativ)  ; 
so,  "mio,  dno,  hio,  shio,  ito,  Aviro,  jno,  sio,  wero, 
wato,  vrilko.  1  \be5itzef0rm  is  naturlik  fyr  di  teu- 
tonera.      wer  zeige  to  persona,  n  wilk  (a.  "which"; 


—  13  — 

5?:  "hvilken")  zeige  to  dinga  ocler  tira.  sik  is  1 
torykwendande  (reflexiv)  fyrwort,  wilk  zeige  toryk 
to  e  gnmdwort  (swbjekt)  als,  "hi  se  sik  in  e  spigl." 
sin  (^sein)  anwendis  nur,  wen  it  zeige  toryk  t  e 
grind  wort  fsubj.'i  .  als,  "e  modr  libe  sin  kind." 
"maria  findn  sin  buk"  (sin  eign  buk,  mariao  biik)  ; 
"maria  findn  shio  buk";  dis  ibedeiite,  dat  shi  findn 
1  andr  makeno  buk.  erinere  also,  dat  sin,  als  fyr- 
wort, gebraukis  (wird  gebraucbt)  nur,  wen  it  wen- 
de  torvk  to  e  irrundwort,  als  in  di  skandike  spraka. 
"hi  finde  'sin^'  brodr,"  n  "he  finde  'hio'  brodr," 
hav  tvo  (2)  fersliidene  bedeutua,  om  to  fermeida 
raisferstan-dnis.  du,  (tvoa  person,  eintal),  gebraiik 
i?  nnr  to  god,  (^gott)  in  gebe't,  in  diktii,  odr  in  feier- 
lik  rede,  als  e  anglike,  "thou";  franzik,  "tu,"  sonst 
sage  man  imr  ju;  als  in  anglik,  you  (ju)  ;  franzik, 
vcus  (vu) ;  spanik,  nsted.  kein  akusativforra  is 
nodwendik  in  teutonik.  to  hoke  fyrstlike  persona 
sage  man  hio  odr  shio;  "hio  majestet"  (his  majes- 
ty)  "shio  majestet,"  "hio  hokei"   (hoehheit). 

bei  grysan  sage  man — "gud  morgn,  gud  dag.  gud 
aibend,  gud  nakt"  n  "gudibei,"  odr  "lehewel"; 
(sikandik,  "god  dag";  anglik,  "good  day.") 

di    15    sprakeregla. 

1)  a  bilde  e  mertal  (2  hunda)  ;  e  unbestimen  form 
(infinitiv)  ;  als,  "to  koma"  (zu  kommen)  ;  n  di  or- 
denotala,  "eina"  (erste),  tvoa  (zweite),  tria  (drit- 
te),  nsf.  "a"  is  1'  halvibrodr  ov  "e";  als,  "2" 
hunda  n  2  "hunde." 

2)  e  bilde  e  anzeigefonm  (indikativ)  ;  "mi  kome, 
shi  singe"  (singt)  ;  e  befeleform  (imperativ),  "lope 
darhen":  e  ^\'Tlnshefo^m  (optativ),  "singe  to  mi!  e 
bedingeform  (konjunktiv).  "wen  hi  kome" 
(kame)  ;  e  bestimen  beiwort  in  eintal  n  mertal;  als, 
"e  gute  shule,  di  lange  wega."  e  zeitwort  is  gleik 
fyr  ale  persona,  beide  in  eintal  n  mertal;  als,  "mi 
singe"  n  "wir  singe". 

3)  n  bilde  e  forzeit  (vergangene  zeit,  imperfec- 
tum,  n  perfektum)  ;  so,  mi  kome;  forzeit,    "mi    ko- 


—  14  — 
men"  fich  kam),  "hi  is  komen"  (er  ist  gekommen). 
e  fbrzeit  is  gleik  e  gernianike  infinitiv. 

4.  0  bilde  e  besitzeform  (possesiv)  ;  "mio,  godo 
haus." 

5)  is  bilde  e  leideform  (passiv)  ;  "hi  libis";  ang- 
lik,  "he  is  loved";  germanik,  "er  wird  gelielbt"? 
lat.,  "amaris." 

6.  e  beiwort  soln  stande  befor  e  dingwort  (h 
spencer), 

7)  ande  bilde  e  nuzeitlike  (mitelwort  (partizip)  ; 
als,  "libande"   (liebend). 

8}  "mer,  mest,  mindr.  niinst"  ibilde  e  fergleiku 
(ikomparazion)  ;  so,  "gud,  mer  gud    (besser),  mest 

gud  (best.)" 

9)  e  gegenwort  (objekt)  angivis  in  omdreen  sat- 
za,  bei  to  toi'yga  "em";  als,  "e  sonem  e  modr  fin- 
dn,"  odr,  "e  sonem  findn  e  modr  (dat  is,  ("e  modr 
find  e  son";  "die  mutter  fand  den  sohn"). 

10)  e  satzbau  is  gewonlik.  "subjekt,  pradikat, 
objekt." 

11)  e  personlike  naksilibe  is  "er";  shikin  (femi- 
ninum)  is  in;  ''arbeitr"  (hikin,  masknlinum)  ;  "ar- 
beitin"  (shikin)  a^br  el,  keinkin  (neutrum),  odr  un- 
personlik;  "arbeitl"  (1  ding  odr  mashine  dat  ar- 
beite). 

12)  ei  bilde  e  abstrakte  nak  mitlauta ;  so,  "war- 
ei"  fwarheit),  abr  nak  selvlaiita  (vokala)  tofygis 
hei;  so,  "freihei"  (freiheit)  ;  "treuhei"  (treuSheit). 

13)  II  gebraukis  anstat  ung;  so,  "regiru"  (re- 
gierung). 

14)  ire,  to  tua,  maka;  als,  "sj'stemire,  gudire, 
formire." 

lo)     an  anstat  "en";  so,  "singan,  sprekan";  nit 
"en,"  weil  "en"  toedeute  e  forzeit,  "mi  hav  singn'^ 
(gesnngen)  ;  "e  singan  is  gud." 

bemerkua    (bemerknngen) 

e  .beiwort  n  e  nefbenwort  is  gleik;  als,  1  "gud." 
h:ius,"  n  shi  singe  "gud"  odr  "gud'li,  exelentli." 
e  dingwort  n  e  zeitwort  soln  (solte)  is  anlik,  so  oft 


—  15  — 
als  Dioglik;  als,  "e  glaube,"  n  "mi  glaube"  ''1  'be- 
rikt."  n  "mi  berikte,  hi  iberikte ;  ''mi  begine,  n  1  be- 
gine.  man  soln  kena  e  ibeiwort  fon  nebemvort;  e 
dingAvort  fon  e  zeitwort ;  n  e  dingwort  fon  toeiwort 
(heis,  heisei,  liitze^  mertal  fon  e  eintal,  n  e  sliikin 
(fem^  form  ion  e  hikin  (masc.)  di  Avorta  solu  un- 
derstytza  einandr,  als  di  soldata  in  1  arme. 

fertiieide  se'r  lange  satza — to  swer  to  ferstanda. 

iinferanderlik  i.s  di    folgande    worta,    "ga,    hav, 
kan,  is,  mus,  se.  sol,  weis,"  utr  (ausser)  fvr  forzeit. 

zeit-  n  dingworta  anlike. 

ja,  hir  is  1  swirik  pnnkt.  wilk  mi  mus  overlasa  ta 
di  germaniera  selv  to  regiilira,  wen  moglik  mer  spat, 
wen  si  wil.  nu  sage  man  "shreibe"  (zeiwort) 
"shrift"  (dingwort)  etwat  shreibn;  (geschrieben) 
kanen  man  nit  nena  shrift,"  1  "shrei'be,  shreibl, 
shreibnis,  shreibeo"  odr  "shreiibum''  als  "studium" 
fon  "studire,"  odr  shreibon  (silirift),  "shreiton" 
(shrit),  so  mit  shreite  n  "shrit";  besoke  n  besuk; 
2ie  n  zug;  nene  n  name;  slise  n  slysl,  (schluessel), 
slise  n  slisum  (sehliiss),  n  file  andre.  mi  hav  nit 
wagn  to  regulira  ale  verbal  snbstantiva.  fyr  di 
germaniera,  skandiera  n  holandera  is  it  mest  leikt 
to  ferstanda,  wen  di  alte  omlauta  beibehaltis,  abr 
fyr  andre  rasa  wiln  it  is  mer  leikt  to  ibemestra  e 
wortashatz.  wen  wir  kanen  ersina  1  fest  plan  to 
zeiga,  dat  1  gewis  dingwort  is  ferwant  mit  solk  odr 
.solk  zeitwort.  it  is  dok  giid  -dat  solke  worta,  als 
"Sihrift,  shrit,  snkt,  flnkt.  zn<i'"  nsf  is  nit  se'r  hau- 
fike.  ok  "kalt"  n  "kaltei"^(kolte)  ;  "heis"  n  hei- 
sei (hitze)  nsf.  di  utlandera  ikan  dok  lerna  1  we- 
nike  omlauta.  mi  wiln  nnr  lenka  e  upmerksamei 
an  e  regulira  ov  e  gegenseitike  anlikei  av  zeitworta 
n  dingA\'orta.  felleikt  is  it  mest  king  to  warta  dar- 
.mit  bis  e  sprake  is  inforn,  n  dan  mer  spat  hen  tua  et- 
wat. e  Iton^iugazion,  deklinazion  n  komparazion  is 
ja  regeimasik.  n  dat  is  dok  e  hauptsake.  wir  den- 
ke  mest  an  einfakei,  regelmasiked  n  teutoniik  sprai- 
kefereinikn. 


—  16  — 
di  200  nithokgermanike  worta. 

befor  mi  kan  wirklik  erortera  di  forike  worta  n 
regrla,  nius  mi  la  (eina,  erst)  angiva  di  nithokger- 
manike worta  fon  platgenuanik.  skandik  (svedik, 
norvegik,  danik),  holandik  n  saksik-anglik.  dise 
worta  wil  maka  teutonik  mer  algemein  libn  (ge- 
liebt)  n  internazionik.  dise  worta  forkome  so  oft, 
dat  si  wil  maka  teutonik  1  fereinikusprake  iyr  e 
ganze  teiitonike  folkostame.  di  folgende  worta 
ferstandis  in  germania,  skandia,  holand,  swezia, 
austria,  n  mestteils  ok  in  amerika. 

e  anzeigeform  (indikativ)  anvendis,  anstat  e  un- 
bestimenform  (infinitiv)  mit  di  zeitworta;  so,  "be- 
gripe,"  anstat,  "begripa"  (zu  begreifen)  "belope, 
betale,"  nsf. 

dise  worta  soln  man  abshreiba  2  mala  mit  tinte  n 
lesa  si  wedr  (wieder)  5  mala  laut,  om  to  inpraga  si 
test  in  e  gedaktnis  (erinl). 

di  extra  200  neue  worta. 

(a.=angUk:  g.=-germanik ;  s.=skandik ;  h.=ho- 
landik.)  —  " alteutonik,  an  fauf ;  a.  "on"),  als  (als, 
wie),  befor  (eike,  fryher,  forn  e<hmals),  tbegripe,  be- 
gine  (anfange),  ibelope,  betale  (bezable),  blot,  be- 
sake  ('besucbe),  ibrotoktr  (ibrudertoebter),  brodr, 
broson  (brudersolhn)  da  ("dan,"  nur  mit  zeit,  odr 
bedingn),  dag  Ctag),  dalr  (taler),  dar  ("dar,"  in 
ranm,  abr  in  zeit  'da."  odr  "dan".),  daurande 
(wiibrend;  a.  "during"),  dod  (tod)  dor  (tuer),  e 
<der,  die,  das,  einzaibl,  abr  merzabl  di),  eigennyt 
(eigennutz),  ein,  eina  (erste),  einad,  (sondag),  ein- 
a.m  (Jan.  erste  monat),  einjon  (million),  ekonomei 
(ekonnmi),  en  (nnd),  erinl  (gedacbtnis),  ete  (esse), 
fabro  (vaterbruder),  fadr,  farm  (landgut),  fasistr 
(vaterspih wester),  fem  (5),  ferkortl  (verkuerzung), 
fersoke  (versuche),  ferstande  (verstehe),  fertale 
(erzable),  fole  (fuehle),  falge  (folge),  fon  (von), 
for  ("vor,"  in  zeit),  for  ("vor."  in  raum),  fore 
(fuebre),  forwort  (preposizion),  fot  (fuss),  frau  (1 
heiratn  weiib ;  a  "wife,"  abr  in  algemein,  "weib")  ; 
frend  (freund),  frendshaft  (freundschaft),  fru  (da- 


—  li- 
me, titl  in  anrede  n  briifa ;  so,  "frii";  a.  missis,  lady) 
frulein,  ful  (voll),  ga  (gehe,  gehen),  gegenwort  (ob- 
jekt)  gef'olk  (nazion),  georden  (sA'stem),  give  (ge- 
he), god  (gott),  gripe,  grot  (gross),  gud  (gut),  gli- 
des (gutes),  gudibei  (lebe  woihl,  adjo),  gndei  (guete; 
a.  goodness:  s.  godhed),  gudire  (verlbessere),  halv, 
hav  (habe,  haben),  havn  (hatte,  batten),  helpe 
(helfe)  ben  (bin),  hert  (herz),  ihi  (er),  hikin  (man- 
lik  geslekt,  maskulinum),  hundr  (100),  in  (in,  ein), 
indat  (indem)  is  (bin,  bist,  ist,  sei,  seid,  sein,  sind), 
is  (leideforra;  als,  "hi  findis";  er  wird  gefunden), 
isn  (Avar,  waren,  gewesen:  a.  "was,  were,  been"; 
"hi  isn  dar";  g.  "er  war  dar";  a.  he  was  there;  s. 
"han  var  der";),  it  (es;  a.  "it";  h.  "het";  s. 
"det"),  jede  (jeder,  jede,  jedes),  ihalv  (halb),  kein- 
kin  (nentrum,  kein  "sex,"  gescblecht,  ken  (ehen, 
klein  n  lieb),  kindken  (kindchen),  kin  (geslekt;  a. 
kin,  sex;  s.  kjon)  kinik  (sexual),  kope  (kaufe),  kop- 
man  (kaufman),  kort,  kortei  (kuerze;  a.  shortness; 
s.  korthed;  h.  kortheid),  latin  (latein;  a.  n  s.  latin), 
leban  (leben),  lein  (klein,  als  naksilbe;"  hauslein), 
lerim  (schueler,  diszipil,  junger)  lest  (letzt;  a.  last), 
libr  (eher,  lieber;  a.  rather)  lone  (lohne),  lope 
(laufe).  lyst  (lust),  mang  (unter,  zwischen;  a. 
"among";  plat-g.  "mang''),  miir  (stute;  a.  mare;  s. 
mar),  mefru  (madame;  ih,  mevrouw;  spreke  (me- 
fru"),  mer,  mest,  mi,  mindr,  minst,  molbro  (mutter- 
bruder),  modr,  mosistr  (muttersehwester),  mus 
(mus,  muessen),  nahei  (nahe),  n  (forzeit-naksiltbe; 
"shi  singn";  (sie  sang),  nq.  (na;  svedik,  na;  q=a; 
a.  "law"=lq),  nei  (nein),  ni  (9),  nit  (nicht),  nix 
(niciht^),  nod  (not),  nodik  (notig),  nu  (nun),  nyt 
(nutz),  nytlik  (nuetzlich),  obshon  (obgleieh),  ok 
(anch),  cm  (urn,  von),  ot  (8),  ov  (von,  als  ibesitze- 
form;  so,  "haus  ov  god";  g.  "haus  gottes";  a.  "of," 
odr  "ov";  s.  "af,"  odr  "av";  franzik,  "de"), 
predike  (predige),  prove  (pruefe)  sam  (tosamen, 
mit;  a.  "co,  com,  con,  cor.  col";  sam;  als,  samhang; 
(g.  zusamenihang ;  a.  connection;  s.  samhang;)  sam- 
arbeite;  (g.  zusammenarbeite;  a.  co-operate;  s.  sam- 


—  IS  — 
arbeide,  nsf.),  se  (sehe,  sieihst,  sieht,  sehen),  selv 
(selbst),  shi  ("sie,"  eintal),  shikin  (femininam), 
:^hip  (seliiff),  si  ("sie"  mertal),  sik,  sin  (sein).  sistr 
(sehwester),  sake  (suobe),  sol,  son,  stad  (stadt). 
sta't  (staat).  stande  (stehe,  steht,  stehen),  starte 
fbeirine,  los2a,---=losgehen),  stol  (stuhl),  syv  (7),  tal 
(zahl}.  t'ile'fz^hle).  ti  (10),  tiein  (]0+l=ll),  tvo 
(2),  tvoti  ('2X10=-20),  tvofak  (zweifach),  tvojon 
(l)illion),  undr  (unter),  up  (aiif;  plat-g.,  svedik  n 
aiiglik  "up"  bnlandik  ''op"),  ut  (aus),  utr  (auser: 
a.  except',  wat  (wa.s),  watr  (wasser),  wedr  (wie- 
der;  h.  '"wedr";  om  to  undersheida  fon  "wider"), 
wcis  (\ve:<,  wissen),  wisenshaft  (wissenschaft),  wel 
<'Avcihl),  M  eli.s  (wohlsein),  wer  (wer;  a.  wlbo),  wil 
(will,  wollen,  wird,  werden),  wilk  (welcher  —  e  — 
es :  a.  v.bieh;  s.  hvilken)  wor  (wo,  a,  where;  s. 
hvor  worde  (werde,  wird.  werden;  a.  become;  s. 
vorde ;  h.  worde,  zoigewort  (artikel)  zwek  (zweek). 
to  lange  worta  is  nit  gud  one  binde-zeikn. 
forsilba 
di  gerniniiike  spraka  n  teutonik  is  overhaupt  se'r 
reik  in  forsilba ;  wei]  si  kan  'benyta  ale  sine  forworta 
(preposiziona),  samt  file  andre  kleinworta,  als  for- 
silba. hir  wil  wir  mir  giva  di  mest  herforragande 
forsilba,  wilk  di  gebildn  teutonera  kan  mesteteils 
ferstanda,  one  erklaru. 

wir  mii.s  iherforheba,  "ge,  sam,  shon,  bos." 
"ge"  kan  gebraukis,  om  to  andeuta  etwat  samlan- 
de;  etwat  grotes  odr  wederholande  (kollektiv.  aug- 
mentativ  n  reiterativ)  ;  als,  gefolk  (anstat.  e  latini- 
ke,  "nazion"),  geberge,  gefeur  (1  gros  feur),  ge- 
sbrei  (wedeiiiolande  laut  sbreian)  ;  sam  nemis  fon 
di  .sikandike  sprailva,  n  is  3  ferkortl  ov  "tosamen,"  n 
hav  eselve  bedeutu.  als  di  ferwirande  latinike  forsil- 
ba (prefiksa).  "co,  com,  con,  col,  cor,  cog,  sym^ 
syn";  to  beispi'l,  "samwirke.  samkome,  samstos  (zu- 
sammenstoss;  a.  collision),  shon  is  1  besondr  forsil- 
be,  om  to  andeuta,  etwat  shones;  als,  "shonshrift, 
shonmalerei,"  nsf.  bos  audeute  etw'at  unshones, 
haslikes,  boses;  als,  "bosslirift,  bosarbeit,"  nsf. 


—  19  — 

di  daga  n  monata  nenis  nak  tal  (zahl) ;  so,  eina, 
(erste)  einad  (senndag,  erste  dag),  tvoad  (mondag, 
nsf.) ;  einam  (jan.  erste  monat) ;  tvoam  (feto)  ;  tri- 
am  (raarz),  nsf. 

e  sliandike  pasiv. 

lase  wir  betrakte  dis  bekwenie  leldeform  mer  ge- 
nau.  dvL  libis  (latin,  amaris;  g.  '"du  wirst  ge- 
liebt";  a.  "thou  art  loved").  3  worta,  austat  2, 
n  darto  mas  man  anwenda  e  forzeit  (perfektum), 
om  t'^  bezeikna  1  nazeitik  (genwalirtig)  handlu. 
dat  is  gewivs  nit  denkriktik  (logik)  ;  ja,  unlogik  n 
unbekwem  n  omswebande.  wi  fi'l  mer  slion,  kort 
n  bekwem  is  it  nit?,  to  saga,  "hi  findis  (s.  "han  fin- 
des";  a.  "he  is  found";  g.  "er  wird  gefimden"). 

is  al.s  leideform  gebrankis  mest  in  e  nuzeit ;  als, 
shi  libis,  hi  findis,  abr  di  skandiera  anwende  dis 
form  ok  fyr  forzeit  (imperfektum)  ;  tutonik  kan  ok 
se'r  leikt  tna  dat  bei  to  fyga  is  to  e  forzeitike  form; 
s>3,  hi  findnia  (er  war,  odr  A^iirde  gefunden;  a.  "he 
was  fnmd";  s,  "han  fandtes").  dis  leideform  is 
nit   1  neu   erfindn   form,  sondern  alt  skandik. 

om  (grot),  manom  (se'r  grot  man,  1  rise.)  im 
(wer  empfange  etwat)  "betalr  n  betalim"  (payer  n 
payee)  "t'erkopim  (vendee)  "lerer  n  lerim  (scliue- 
ler,  deeipel)  el  (1  ding  dat  tue  etwat  "dresher" 
(person)  "dreshl"  (1  ding  odr  mashine.  dat  dre- 
she).  make  "glatmake";  worde  "ge.sundworde" 
int  (platz  in  O'h-  wor  etwat  is;  '"kjkint"  (kueehe) 
amtint   (amlslube.  kontor),  nsf. 

kein  folk  kan  gfudira. 

kein  folk  kan  gudira  (berbesseren)  genug  sin  eign 
sprake  alein.  one  frendlik  fremd  helpe  (huelfe), 
weil  si  stande  to  nahe.  kein  folk  kan  se  odr  fole 
di  mangla  in  sin  eign  modersprake;  e  gewonei  n  e 
libe  darto  is  to  grot.  wir  bedyrfe  weltsamwirkn, 
om  to  worda  grot.  di  semitike  (arabike)  spraka  is 
nit  glide,  weil  altofi'l  syntetike,  .an.stat  analytike. 
c  geist  kan  nit  bewega  sik  frei  genng  in  1  syntetik 
sprake.  di  semitera  kan  nit  se  odr  fola  dat.  di 
turkiera,  persiera  n  arabiera  soln  gradweis  infora  e 


—  20  — 
reine  analytike  n  .seh'klare  teutonik,  n  teutomk  soln 
ntwerfa  ale  entberlike  latiliike,  girekike  n  landre 
fremde  worta  so  fi'l  als  mog^lik  n  iiifora  in  sio  ihre 
stele  worta  makn  n  samsetzn  fon  teiutonike  grund- 
worta  aiK.  sprakelere  fyr  "grammatik"  n  hertbeutl 
fyr  '•pericaidiiinr  '  beinhaut  fyr  "periostiun"  nsf. 
dan  kaneii  e  gauze  gefolk  (nazion)  ferstandiai  n  er- 
inera  mer  als  nn.  man  soln  iiy)hora  to  studira  mer 
e  uniiyllike  latinike  sprake,  n  studira  mer  franzik 
n  spanik. 

prof,  virschau  ov  e  berlin  nniversitet  saige  in  1  ov 
sine  fortraga,  dat  it  is  niir  gewonei  to  nema  di  hoke 
■vvisensihlai'tlike  worta  fon  grekik  n  latinik.  man 
kauen  gerade  so-  leikt  nema  di  koke  worta  fon  ger- 
manik.  mer  lange  n  beshreibande  worta  wil  make 
di  mest  uiplarn  leiite. 

erklaru  n  ferteidiku. 

a  hav  mio  ratgivera  n  mi,  annenven,  als  1  zeiken  odr 
naksilbe  to  andeiita  di  se'r  haufike  mertiala ;  als,  3 
wega,  2  hnnda  n  e  unbestimenform  (infinitiv  (to 
koma  (zu  kommen).  a  is  e  mest  leikte  ov  ale  selv- 
lauta  to  ntspreka.  man  kan  utfinda  dat,  wen  man 
iitspreke  di  fenshideine  selvlauta  liaut  n  langsam. 
wen  man  iitspreke  "a,"  braiike  man  n.ur  to  ofna  e 
mnnd  n  lasa  e  luft  stroma  nt  frei,  abr  wen  man  sage 
"0,"  mils  man  setza  e  miind  in  1  rund  form  n  druka 
e  laut  ut.  it  is  ok  so  mit  "u"  n  "y"  (ue).  wen 
mi?.n  utsipreke  "i,"  mus  man  druka  e  luft  zwishn  di 
zana.  a  is  e  la  (erste)  menslilike  laut,  weil  e  mest 
leikte.  1  kind  shreie  la,  "a-a-a".  mer  spat  sage 
it  "da-da-da."  1  jar  alt  ssage  e  kind  "mama  n 
papa."  a  is  one  zweifl,  e  mest  ofn  n  welklingande 
ov  ale  selvlauta,  daker,  hav  wir  annemen  "a"  fyr 
di  haufike  forma  ov  mertal  n  infinitiv  a  is  ok  e 
mest  bekante  n  ferbneitn  mertalzeikn  in  e  welt, 
wir  finde  "a"  als  mertalende  in  dii  grekike  worta, 
"phenomena,  data";  latinike,  "mascnlina,  femini- 
na."  ale  hokshulekinda  kene  "a,"  als  mertalzeikn 
in  ale  teutonike  landa.  a  gebraukis  se'r  haufiik  in 
svedia,    norwegia   n   island   fyr  mertal  n   infinitiv. 


—  21  — 
in  svedia  ende  -ale  infinitiva  mit  a  (att  k:)nima;  zu 
koinmen) . 

di  oi'ne  "a"  selvlaiita  in  e  ende  ov  Avorta,  liav 
makn  sved'ik  e  mest  welklingande  ov  ale  wiro  teu- 
toniikie  spraka.  e  mertal  mit  "a"  ende  file  worta 
in  rusdk,  arabik  n  andre  sprakia.  es  (s)  fyr  mer- 
tal  is  e  mest  siime  n  sisande  laut  dat  man  kanen 
M'a'la,  weil  it  ferurake  to  file  konsonanthauiua ;  als, 
"post,"  mertal  "posts,"'  "world's,"  "hand,  hands." 
■wi  fi'l  mer  welklingande  is  nit  mert'al  mit  e  vokal 
"a"  als,  posta,  handa?  es  (s)  begins  mere  worta, 
als  ivgii  1  andr  biikstaib.  se  \vorta.l>iik.  wir  hav 
bereits  to  file  sisiiande  "s."  lauta. 

e  is  nu  (jetzt)  e  mest  bekante,  anzeige-,  befele-n 
•wuns'heform.  e  korte  "e"  is  se'r  Mkt  to  utspreka 
?n  e  enxle  ov  worta.  1  endvokal  helpe  to  maba  e 
tonfal  mer  leikt  n  weik.  n,  1  halvokal,  bilde  for- 
zeit  (perfektum)  oft  in  germanik,  skandik,  holan- 
dik  n  anglik;  als,  mi  hav  givn;  g.  "ich  habe  gegn- 
ben";  a.  "i  have  given";  h.  "ik  hebe  gegeven." 
■wir  finde  ok,  g.  "gekommen";  s.  "kommen";  h. 
"gekomen":  n  is  1  welklingaiide  halvvokal,  wilk 
man  kan  utde'na  bei  e  singwn.  ja,  n  gebrankis  ok 
in  di  slavonike  spraka  als  1  zeikn  fyr  e  forzeit  (per- 
fektum) ;  roisiik,  to  traga  (zu  tragen)  is  nesit,  abr, 
"tragn"  (getragn)  heise  nesen  (mit  "n").  to  se 
(zu  sehen)  is  in  rusik  vidit,  abr  "seen"  (geseben) 
heise  (viden.  .  .n  is  1  shon,  kort  laut  fyr  forzeit  n 
welbekant.  n  is  ok  1  se'r  fyglik  n  anslisande  laut. 
man  kan  fyg.a  "n"  to  irgn  1  andr  bukstab  one  andr 
helpe;  als,  "libn,  anbeitn,  givn,  havn."  nur  nak 
"m"  odr  "n"  mus  man  iiishalta  "e";  so,  "komen, 
kenen"  (nit  "komn").  e  korte,  fygsame,  anslisan- 
d-e  n  welklingande  halvokal  n  is  one  zweifl  e  mest 
gnde  zeikn  fyr  forzeit.  kein  profeser  kan  finda  1 
mer  kort  n  gud.  it  is  ok  ganz  alteutonik  n  welbe- 
kant.  teutonik  mus  stimia  overeins  mit  sik  selv  n 
nit  mit  e  fremde  latin. 

o  is  1  algemein  belibn  selvlaut,  n  it  is  to  wenige 
"o"  in  wiro  teutonike  s.praka.       0  is  neraen  fon  e 


—  22  — 

anglike  "ov"  ("of"),  odr  "own"  (on)  g.  von  (ov) 
s.  av  (af)  oni  to  andeuta  e  besitzeform  (possessiv). 
it  is  also  1  ferkortl  ov  (fon)  "own"  (eign)  "ov"  as, 
mio  (mein)  godo  haus  (gottes  haus).  1  possessiv 
bigu  (biegiing)  is  naturlik  fyr  e  teutonike  folkosta- 
jne.  0  gebraukis  bereits  als  1  ferbindande  besitze- 
form in  solke  worta;  als,  "mikroskop,  el'ektrotyp, 
franko-germanik,"  nsf.  "s"  fyr  besiitzeform  is  to  si- 
sande  n  klinge  nit  so  shon  als  "o";  so,  "wirtshaus" 
worde  "w'irto'haus,"  wilk  klinge  mer  angenem.  it 
is  to  file  konsonantahaufua  in  wiro  nordlike  spraka, 
n  to  wenike  endevokala.  o  gebraukis  oft  to  trena 
silba  fon  einandr,  om  to  fermeid\3',  daat  to  file  mit- 
lauta  kome  tosiamen  in  1  w^ort;  als,  "  weltosprake " 
(weltspraehe)  abr,  wen  2  mitlauta  kome  tosanien, 
wilk  gehore  fershidene  silba,  brauke  man  nur  to  in- 
shalta  1  "o-a-e,"  wilk  imr  pase  mest  gnd;  als  han- 
doshrift  (mftnnskript),  wortabuk,  besitzeform,  nsf. 
wen  u  ende  1  silbe  brauke  man  nit  to  inshalta  "o," 
om  t  angiva  e  besitzeform  (possessiv)  ;  als,  regirub- 
fonn  (regierungsform).  "ung"  ferkortis  to  u,  om 
to  erhalta  mere  endevokala;  aLs,  "mus"  to  mu  (ka- 
tekisimu),  n  "belt,  keit"  to  ei  niak  mitlauta  (warei; 
g.  w^ahrheit).  nak  selvlauta  gebraukis  hei,  (frei- 
hei ;  g.  freiheitl.  dis  tuis,  om  to  erhalta  mere  en- 
devokala, wegn  welklinge,  als  in  di  shone  italike  n 
spanike  spraka.  germanik  is  mer  gud  fyr  e  fer- 
stand,  als  italik,  abr  italik  is  mer  langenem  fyr  di 
ora.  nu,  abr,  soln  wir  fersoka  to  maka  teutonik 
gud  n  angenem  ok  fyr  di  ora.  dat  hav  wir  wirk- 
lik  tun  bei  ale  wiro  endevokala;  als,  " a-e-ei-hei- 
o-ii-n." 

humboldt. 
hnmboldt  sagt:  "is  liegt  in  der  phonetisehen 
"natur  der  rokfile,  dass  sie  etwas  feineres,  mehr  ein- 
dringendos  nnd  iiinerliches,  als  die  konsonanten 
andeuten,  mid  gleisehsam  korperloser  und  seelen- 
voller  sind.  d.idiirfh  passen  sie  mehr  znr  grarama- 
tisehen  andeiitung,  wozu  die  leichtigkeit  ihres  schal- 
le.s,   nnd   ihre   i"'ahigkeit,  sich   anzuschliessen,  hinzu- 


—  23  — 

tritt." — (dr.  h.   steimthal.         die     spra-cbphilosoph- 
ischen  W€rke  wilhelm's  von  humboldt,  s.  638.) 

dok  mus  man  nit  hav  to  file  vxakala,  aLs  in  italik, 
finik,  japanik,  hawaiik,  esperanto  n  ido.  wen 
"a-o"  n  "o-a"  wederholis  to  haufik,  worde  si  er- 
mydande  n  langweilik.  nur  ungefar  e  hialve  ov  di 
worta  soln  enda  mit  selvlauta,  als  in  e  welklingande 
grekike  n  svedike  spraka. 

bukstabtala. 

anstat  di  unfernimftike  latinike  bukstabtalla  kan 
wir  kikt  gebrauka,  "al,  b2,  c3,  d4,  e5,  f6,  g;7,  h8,  i9, 
0  nul,  a-o  10,  a-a  11,  a-b  12,  b-o  20,  b-a  21  ns-f.  c-b-e 
=325.  man  mus  imr  setza  1  strik;  zwishn  di  buk- 
staiba  n  utspreka  jede  bukstab  fyr  sdk,  om  nit  to 
ferweksla  di  tala  mit  andre  worta  alsi  h-a-b  (be-ali- 
be),  812  (nit  "hab")  a-i-a-d,  (1914)  latinik 
mdcccciir.  ali  mitlauta  utsprekis  mit  t;  so,  "be, 
ce,  de,  fc,  he,  me,  ne." 

skandia  n  holand  to  b»gina. 

wen  skandia  n  holand  wiln  begina  to  infora  teu- 
tonik,  so  wiln  si  hav  1  gemeinsam  stprake  fyr  di 
kleine  folka  \^^lk  kanen  ferstandis  in  germania,  aus- 
tria  n  svezia  in  shrifta  n  in  sprekan,  one  forstudium.. 
kleina  gefolka  (naziona)  kan  begina  mer  leikt,  als 
di  grote.  t-eut-ondk  wiln  dan,  one  zweifl  annerais 
bei  germania  mer  s^pat  om  to  makb'  sprake-eroibru  in 
andre  landa  n  besonders  om  t-o  overflygla  e  anglike 
als  weltx)s.prake,  wegn  sin  ecnfakei,  regelmasikei  n 
selvklarei,  di  fereinen  sta'ta  wiln  warsheinlik  ok 
anri.ema  teoitonik,  om  to  erhalta  1  mer  leiktlembar 
sprake  als  anglik  fyr  sine  kinda  n  folk,  nak  dat  si 
havn  seen,  dat  skandia,  holand,  germania,  austria 
n  svezia  hav  isn  insitiand  to  infora  ten  tonik.  dan 
wiln  germania  n  nordamerika  hav  eselve  sprake  in 
ale  sine  folkoshul'a'. 

prof,  peter  hendrikson,  redaktor  ov  "skandina- 
ven,"  Chicago,  sagn  to  mi  einmal,  dat  2,  3  odr  mere 
teutonike  naziona  kanen  infora  1  fereinikusiprake 
mer  leikt  als  1  einzig  nation  alein,  weil  e  utsikt,  e 


—  24  — 

hofiui;  e  fortraiian  an  e  geliniian,  ii  e  bege-istru  wiln 
worda  nier  grot. 

tirnama-gradini. 
(hi  g  u  d  e,  s  h  i  g  u  d  e.  e  g  u  d  e) 
di  nania  ov  di  3  rae-t  wiktike  tira  lase  wir  standa 
als  si  is;  als,  meiiali,  oks,  pferd  abr  ale  andre  tira 
soln  benamis  iiak  1  einzik  geordn  (system),  o-m  to 
ersparn  erineriru ;  hund  an  algemein. — hihund  (hikin, 
m)  sMhund  (shikin,  f.)  hundjiinge  (a.  puppy)  hi- 
hiind.jrnge,  j^hihundjunge ;  sha'f,  hisha'f,  shisha'f, 
sha':*'jiinge  (lamm).  wolf,  hiwolf,  shiwolf,  nsf. 
di  germanike  utdruka,  "der  gute,  die  gute,  das  gu- 
te,  die  guten,"  kan  man  wel  mest  ferstandlik  utdm- 
ka  s'o,  "hi  gude,  shi  glide,  e  gude  di  guda."  (sve- 
dik,  "de  goda") 

e  wortashatz  (vakabulariuin). 

als  gebraukis  fyr  ibeide  "als"  n  "wie,"  als  mit  e 
anglike  wort,  "as."  (abr  "as"  klinge  nit  shiin.) 
it  is  swirik  fyr  kinda  n  utlandera  to  weis,  oh  "als" 
odr  "wi"  sol  anwendis.  anstat  ni  (9),  stage  man 
"nimr"  odr  "nimals."  man  dyrfe  nit  maka  t^o 
fi'le  ferandrua  in  1  alt  siprake,  sonst  wiln  e  leute 
nit  fersitanda  it,  odr  haA^  mitgefol  (sympati)  dar- 
mit.  kein  sprake  kan  makis  ganz  folgeriktik;  nit 
einmal  1  filosofik  sprake.  "a  prioria."  e  leban 
selv  is  nit  imr  folgeriktik.  man  mus  nit  erwarta 
to  fd'l  ov  1  sprakegiidiru  ( sprake verbesseToing).  et- 
wat  is  dok  mer  gud  als  nix,  wen  it  kan  dnrkforis. 
dat  is  ja  e  ware  germanike  ideali.simn.  mer  spate 
geslekta  kan  entwikla  c  sprake  mer  weit. 

ja,  inter nazionik ! 
"alteutonik"  is  mer  internazionik  als  "panro- 
man,"  weirn  2  nrsaka.  Ij  alteutonik  sprekis  ov 
mere  sta'ta  n  leute  als  romanik.  2)  teutonik  ihav 
more  romanike  worta,  als  "panroman,  europal  odr 
"idiom  neutP-vl"  hav  toiitonike  worta.  e  ware 
kampf  is  om  di  haufike,  gewonlike  worta.  wat 
kelpe  it  di  algemeine  lente,  dat  anglia  n  rusia  hav 
file  latinike  worta?      man  mus  dok  lerna  di  gewon- 


like  an£rlike  n  rusike  worta,  om  to  ferstanda  wat 
sagis,  om  di  fremde  liatinike  nama. 

wen  germania,  skandia  n  holand  annemen  n  in- 
forn,  so  snel  al.s  moglik,  e  g'emecnsaime  idiialike  fer- 
•einiku-sprake,  teutondk,  dan  wiln  si  la  (erst)  rekt 
zeiga,  dat  si  htiv  hav  e  mest  hoke  selv>berr&hu  f>T  e 
algemeine  wel  (w,oihl)  ;  dat  si  hav  e  mest  grote  kul- 
turlibe.  dhn  wiln  andre  nazLona  litu'  studira  e  ein- 
fake  n  regelmasike  teutonike,  als  e  swirike  anglike 
n  frajizike. 

e  satzbau  (wortafolge). 

wen  bedeute  bedingu  (wenn;  a.  "if");  wan  be- 
(deute  zeit. 

e  teutonike  satzbau  is,  als  in  skandia,  n.  amerika, 
franzia,  n  di  romanike  spraka ;  dat  is,  1)  e  gnind- 
Wiort  (su'bj.).  2)  e  utsagewort  (pradi.),  3)  e  gegen- 
wOirt  (objekt).      dis  is  wirklik  1  weltosatzbau. 

di  amcrikaike  n  skandike  forteila  worde  h-irdurk 
sie'r  g!POt,  so  wel  als  fyr  di  latinike  gefolka  (nazio- 
na).  O'bshon  (ob'gleieh)  di  germaniera  Ji'av  di 
meste  worta,  so  hav  daargegn  di  skandiera  n  ame- 
rika^ra  e  satzbau  (wortafolg^e)  n  e  einfake  &prake- 
I'ere,  n  dat  is  1  ungeheur  grot  forteil.  mer  grot, 
als  file  denke.  e  sprakelere  (gramatik)  is  e  blut  n 
e  sele  n  e  leban  ov  1  jede  sprake.  e  denkiweise  n  e 
worta^folg  is  skandik  n  amerikaik ;  dbher  mus  di  ger- 
maniera n  hiolandera  omdrea  bein'a  ale  sine  satza, 
a^br  da  skandiera  n  amerikaera  kan  fbeilbehaltli'  sin 
alte  satzbau,  n  brauke  nur  to  lerna  1  wenike  mere 
worta,  als  di  germaniera  n  holandera.  amerika, 
holand  n  skandia  hav  ok  tvo  femateila  (2-5)  ov  di 
haiifike  worta.  wen  man  bedenke,  dat  skandia  u 
hoiland  hav  1  klein  inwoneratal  n  dat  nordamerika 
hav  1  slekt  miksn  wortashat:?,  dan  soln  dise  brodr-  n 
siist^rlanda  wirklik  is  tofri'dn  mit  dis  g'emeinsame 
sprake,  wen  germ!?.nia  is  tofridn.  wir  hav  absikt- 
lik  nemen  mere  worta  fon  germanik,  nit  well  di 
germaniera  hav  mere  gaide  leute  als  in  skandia,  ho- 
land  n  nordamerika,  sondern  weil  it  as  nodwendik, 
dat  e  mest  ferbreitn  folk  in  e  welt ;  namlik,  di  ger- 


—  26  — 
maiiiera,  aoln  is  iiistandesetzn  to  ferstauda  —  teu- 
toiiik  one  forstndinm,  n  darmit  dintu  di  andre  ge- 
folka,  als  dolmetshera  n  oversetzera.  wegn  dis 
eigenshaft  ov  teiitonik,  kan  it  nu  mit  einmal  ge- 
braukis  als  1  zwishengefolkik  (mtemazionik)  welto- 
sprake.  da  germaniera  kan  daher  helpa  n  under- 
rikta  di  andre  folka  ovr  e  ganze  erdeblal,  wen  wir 
give  si  e  gelegenei  dato  n  befulmaktika  si  darto. 

mi  shreibe  oft  teutonik  to  holand,  svezia,  skandia 
n  germania.  mi  hav  imr  empfangn  antwort,  walk 
hav  zeign,  dat  si  hav  ferstandn  mi.  mi  hlav  ok  for 
file  jara  forn  mio  dagbiik  en  erineriruibuk  in  teuto- 
nik, so  dat  mi  kan  nu  s.hreiba,  teutonik  mer  leikt  n 
flisande  als  mio  eign  norvegike  modersprake,  ger- 
manik,  odr  amerikaik.  weil  it  is  mer  regelmasik, 
n  fordre  nit  so  fi'l  unbewust  geistik  erinerukraft 
(gehirn-fosfor), 

om  to  helpa  di  skandiera  n  nordbmerikaera  nok 
mer  leikt  to  ferstanda  n  lerna  teutonik,  hav  mio 
ratgivera  n  mi  aannemen  file  amerikaike  n  skandike 
shreibeweisa  (idix)ma),  wilk  wil  helpa  wi'ro  teuto- 
nike  brodr-  n  sisterfolka  uuigemein  fi'l. 

wil  hav  2  (tvo)  bedeutua  in  skandik  n  anglik;  t-o 
beispi'l,  "e  baum  wil  fala"  (der  baum  wird  fallen; 
a.  "the  tree  will  fall".  wil  hav  also  2  bedeutua; 
namljk,  "werden"  n  "wollen."  e  wirklike  .sinn 
k?n  man  imr  begripa  fou  e  s.amhang  (context),  di 
skandiora  n  amerikaera  hav  ok  1  andr  shreibeweise 
(idiom),  wilk  di  germaniera  ferstande ;  namlik, 
"wil  is"  (a.  will  be";  s.  "vil  vare";  g.  "will  sein," 
odr  "wird  wefden"). 

e  sprakelere,  wortafolge  n  skreibefweisa  (idioma) 
is  mest  skandik  n  amerikaik,  sio  dat  di  germaniera 
hav  wirklik  betaln  fyr  dat  si  h.av  e  mest*  worta.  t^ 
lerna  neue  worta  is  leikt  kindoarbeit,  abr  to  lema  1 
neu  omdreen  satzbau,  als  di  germaniera  n  holandera 
mus  tua ;  dat  fordre  1  mer  hok  gei»tLk  mano  arbeit; 
also  hav  wir  givn  di  germlaniera  e  mest  swirike  teil 
to  lerna,  weil  si  hav  di  meste  worta,  n  weil  si  hav  1 
gnd  sprakefahikei.       wen  germania  is  tofridn  soln 


—  27  — 

';\'irklik  skandia,  holand,  n  nordamerika  ok  is  to- 
fridn  n  1  gemeinsam  alteutonik  weltosprake. 

ale  mus  nakgiva  etwat  om  to  fereinikla'  sik. 
de  nazioDike  benamua. 

germania,  aiiglia,  skandia,  svedia,  norvegia,  da- 
nia,  holand,  svizia,  belgia,  franzia  n  austria  is  na- 
ma,  wilk  e  ganze  welt  fers-tande.  ale  gpote  n  un- 
abhangike  landa  soln  hav  intemazionike  nama, 
wegn  utlandike  brifa  ii  zeitua.  hir  in  tacoma',  ame- 
rika,  shikn  mi  1  brif  to  darmstadt,  "deutschland." 
n  e  postbeamte  fra gn  mi,  wor  "deutschland"  is. 
he  weisn  it  nit,  weil  di  amerikaera  sage  imr  "ger- 
many."  mi  sagn  "germa.nia,"  n  hi  ferstandn  dat 
wort  gleik. 

kein  sprakcf erandem? ! 

file  alte  mana  wil  nit  hav  sprakeferand'eru  in  sin 
alte  libe  "moderzimge."  weil  si  hav  lernen  it,  wil 
si  nit  lerna  1  modern  gudiru  (ferbesserung). 
"keine  ferstnmeln,  ferderbii,  odr  karikatur  ov  e  mo- 
dezunge!",  sage  si.  nu,  is  teutonik  wirklik  1  fer- 
derbn?  odr  1  gudiru  ov  e  moderzunge?  nak  dat  man 
hav  fulstandik  lernen  it,  so  dat  man  kan  sipreka  n 
shreiba  it.  so  flisande,  als  sin  alte  modersprake? 
is  it  1  ferderbu  to  maka  e  moderzunge  mer  einfak, 
mit  di  alte  grundworta ;  to  m'aika  it  mer  regelmasik 
n  mer  welklingande?  is  it??  dis  is  mer  1  mora- 
lik,  lals  1  intellektik  frage. 

tentonik  is  nit  1  fremd  zunge  fyr  di  teutonera. 
di  alte  leute  kan  ja  spreka  n  .shreiba  sin  alte  moder- 
zunge, so  lange  si  lebe.  it  wil  filleikt  nema  50 
(femti)  jana!  befor  it  kan  inforis,  als  e  einzike  heim- 
sprake  h'r  ale  zweka.  di  shulekinda  mus  la  (eina, 
erst)  studira  it  mer  als  femti  jara;  n  dan  Avil  di 
alte  leute  hav  ferlasn  dis  erdehal.  wen  alte  leute 
is  gegn  leikte  n  fernunftike  feranderua,  so  is  it  nit 
wegn  Libe  to  e  m.odr  in  e  grab,  sondern  libe  to  sik 
selv.  si  wil  nit  hav  e  mye  to  erwerhla.  1  neu  sprake, 
kein  undershi'd,  wi  gud,  einfak  n  regelmasiik  it  mo- 
ge  is  fyr  nakkoTnera.  nu,  mus  wir  fraga,  is  so  Ik 
denkan  femunftik.  patriotik  n  nj'tlik?  e  sprake  is 
nur  1  ferstandikumitl.       e  sprake  is  nit  mer  heilik^ 


—  28  — 
als  land,  narii,  hansii  n  kleidu.  ales  is  heilik, 
wen  it  is  giud  n  nytlik.  wir  feraiidere  n  g'udire  \vi- 
ro  land,  strasa,  hh^isia,  kleida  u  mashina,  j,a  selv  e 
alte  religion.  waroni  soln  wir  gebrauka  e  femunft 
in  ale  andre  diiiga,  abr  in  e  sprake  sjI  imr  e  "fer- 
nunftlose''  alto  engihertike  o-ebraiik  gelta ;  selvlibe 
§egn  kindali.be  n  niikstelibe  weil  it  is  ja  einmal  so? 

e  libe  moder/.uniue  kan  dok  nit  bewaris,  als  it  is 
nu.  kein  folk  k-yn  ferstanda  siin  nioderziinge,  wen 
is  500  jara  alt,  one  extra  forstudium.  500  jara  in 
e.  tokunft  wil  nit  wiro  nakkomera  ferstanda  wira 
lieutike  sprake.  abr  wen  wiro  ganze  teutomike  fol- 
kost-ame  h:a\m  nur  1  sprake,  kanen  si  ale  maka  eselve 
ferandrua.  n  imr  marshira  tosamen  als  1  stame  n 
mit  1  5e'r  ferbi-eitn  sprake.  is  dat  nit  fernunftik? 
4  grote  ferelnikn  folkostame-spraka  wil  is  genug 
fyr  abwekslu  n  gedankeshatiru. 

fule,  klare  samsetzna  e  mest  glide. 

esperanto  n  ido  ryme  sik  daro-vr,  dat  si  liav  so  file 
naksil'ba;  als,  "dansiado  (gedansan),  lanajo  (wol- 
ware),  liomaro  (mensihei),  sponatra  (swamartik, 
•swampanlik),  semido  (semitr),  dormeyo  (slafkamr), 
patrino  (modr),  fratrino  (sistr),  nialbona  (slekt, 
slim,  bos ;.  nsf . 

di  ursake,  weil  so  file  ferfasera  hiav  basim  sine 
nene  spraka  an  latin  is,  weil  si  hav  studirn  it  in  sin 
jugend,  n  hav  dardurk  ,bekomen  1  overmasik  aktu 
fyr  e  alte  steife  latin,  grekik  is  3  mala  nier  gnd 
sprake  als  latin,  weil  it  is  mier  selvklar  n  bomo/gene, 
31  helpe  e  ferstiind  n  erinl  (gedaktnis)  mer  als  latin. 

di  mest  intemazionike  worta  is  di  mest  slekte  wor- 
ta  in  ale  nitromanike  spraka,  weil  si  stime  nit  over- 
-eins  mit  di  inheimike  worta.  to  beispil,  "mortal," 
dat  stime  nit  mit  ''dod"  odr  "sterban."  "stor- 
blik"  is  mer  selvklar.  selvklarei  is  wert  mer  als  in- 
temazionikei.  lase  di  romera  hav  sin  latin. 
bekantmaku, 

wen  1  algemei.n  bekaiit  ferh-gr  n  baikdrukr  in  ger- 
mania  wiln  wederdruka  (wiedrueeken)  dis  kleine 
twik  mit  1  germanik  forr<'de  n  ferbreita  it  in  e  welt, 


—  29  — 
so  dat  di  lente  kaiieii  se  beide  di  teutonike,  so  wel 
als  di  romanike  bewis^rnnda  n  plana,  dan  wiln  mi 
helpa  e  .srermanike  (deutsche)  ferlegr  mit  200  bis 
400  marka,  als  beisteir.  e  ferl&gr  baneii  senda  mi 
eiiiike  TOO  exeniplara. 

als  klasebuk  fyr  ybu. 

1  lerer  odr  lerin  kan  ja  benyta  dis  buk  fyr  ybu  ia 
aprekan  n  sbreiban,  als  1  jede  audr  buk.  10,000  fra- 
ga  kan  makis  darfon.  e  lerer  kau  la  lesa  1  satz  n 
fraga,  "wat  sage  e  buk  om  di  talworta?"  nsf.,  di  le- 
rima  (sliylera),  soln  dan  wederhola  ganze  satz,  ova 
to  yba  sik  in  sprekan ;  so,  "e  buk  sage  om  di  tsal- 
worta,  dat  si  is  di  mest  korte  n  bekweme  in  e  welt," 
nsf.  dan  angive  di  einfake  fyrworta,  nsf. 
e  filosofike  sprake,  "ro." 

pastor  edward  p.  foster,  marietta,  ohio,  u.  s.  a.  hav 
utarbeitn  1  sinreik.  filosofik  weltosprake.  "a  pri- 
ori." sende  hi  2  inteniazionike  "kupona"  (40  pf.) 
fyr  1  probe.  it  is  jh  se'r  neutral  fyr  e  ganze  welt. 
mutab,  mutak,  mutg"a4,  murma,"  bedeute  "lowe^ 
hiind,  wolf,  mans."  ale  tirnama  begine  mit  e  buk- 
stab  "m,"  nsf. 

universal,  n  europal  n  domni. 

is  3  romanike  neue  spraka,  mi  kan  ferstanda,  ob- 
shon  si  is  zimlik  iuviklen  in  e  sprakelere. 

fyr  1  probe  kan  man  inlega  2  kupoma,  n  shreibe  to- 
dr.  h.  molenaar.  kochel,  oberbayern,  germania  nak 
"universal." 

nak  "europal,"  shreibe  to  herr  j.  weisbart,  lilien- 
str.,  32  hamburg,  germania.  (iiilege  2  kupon  fyr 
1  probe). 

nak  "domni"  shreibe  to  mr.  sidni  bond,  high 
street  24,  Wellington,  somerset,  england  (mit  2  ku- 
pona). 

teutonik  wil  worda  wert  file  1,000  einjona 

je  mer  leikt  teutonik  is  to  leriDa^,  je  mer  wil  di 
nakbara  lerna  it;  als,  poland,  hiingaria,  bohemia. 
turkia,  india,  kina,  n  japan.  je  mer  e  welt  studire- 
teutonik,  je  mer  frenda  n  handl  wil  di  teutonera  be- 
koma.      je  mer  leikt  wil  si  worda  ferstandn. 


—  'SO  — 

to  aimenna  1  iieu  giidirn  modersprake  mit  di  alte 
libn  gnmdworta  is  1  wilefrage,  wilk  bezeikiie  selv- 
b^rrhu  fyr  e  algemeine  wel.  it  is  mer  m'oralik  als 
1  iutellektik  frage.  selv  wen  di  festlantdike  teu- 
tonera  kanen  infore  solk  1  gudirn  sprake,  w&gii  sin 
hoke  idoalismu,  is  it  dok  zweifelhaft,  ob  andre  rasa 
kanen  so  fereina  sik  fyr  1  lange  zeit.  it  is  1  ybl  to 
hav  sprake  spreikn  bei  wenike  leute.  bedenk^e  dat, 
skandia  n  lioland. 

kein*  grote  forbukstaba. 

dat  man  nit  brauke  besondere  forniim  grote  for- 
bul^staba,  kan  man  erfara  fon  hebraik,  arabik,  San- 
skrit n  kinaik,  wor  dar  is  keine  besondere  forbiik- 
staiba.  ja,  sogar  e  alte  klasike  latin  liavn  keine 
extra  formirn  forbukstaba.  ale  bnkstaba  isn  (\va- 
ren)  grote  damals.  it  is  dok  imlogik  to  hav  2  (tvo) 
fersihidene  bnkstaba,  odr  zeiknia'  fyr  ein  n  eselve 
laut.  it  is  nit  einfak  n  ekonomik  genug.  e  kin- 
da  brauke  1  lange  zeit  om  to  lerna,  wor  man  sol  an- 
wenda  di  extra  unnytlike  grote  fonbnkstaba.  dar 
is  keine  extra  forbukstaba  in  dratberikte  (telegra- 
fi)  nok  in  korthandoshreibe  (ste.nogna.fi),  n  dok  is 
dis  shreibe  fyr  geshiift,  an  wilk  einjona  (milliona) 
dalera  aWiange. 

mit  extra  forbukstaba.  bekome  man  3  fershidne 
forma  fyr  ale  worta,  wilk  mus  inpriigis  in  e  gedak- 
nis  (erinl). 

1  heimatlos  (homeless)  sprake. 

liein  heimatlos,  odr  herralos  spraike  kbn  worda  in- 
terna zi  on]  k,  weil  to  wenike  mensha  wil  lerna  it. 
nit  mer  als  1  mensh  in  10,000  bedyrfe  1  weltosprake, 
one  1  alseitik  literatur.  di  grote  heimike  nazionike 
moderzunga  wil  ferhndera  1  fremd.  hematlos  spra- 
ke to  worda  annemen  —  nazionik,  befor  intemazio- 
nik!!  lase  wir  betraktc  dis  punkt  mit  1  weoike 
worta.  wi  kan  1  fremd  weltosprake  inforis,  wen 
nit  1  gr<:'t  folkostame  mit  mere  spraka  fereinike 
sik  n  infore  it  in  ale  sine  folkoshula,  als  sin  tokiinf- 
tike   folkosprake?       bedenke,   dat   one  shulezwinge 


—  ol  — 
kan  kein  sprake  worda  internazionik.  kein  reg-iru 
wil  zwinga  di  farmero  (baueKo)  n  apbeitero  kinda 
to  leriia  1  fremd  weltOisprake,  wilk  si  bedyrfe  nit. 
di  shulekinda  is  sonsi;  overbyrdn.  nit  1  mensih  iu 
10,000  erwarte  to  worda  1  deplomat,  inforer  (impor- 
tor),  utforer  (exporter),  Oidr  to  reisa  in  fremde  Ian- 
da.  oversetzera  n  dohnetshea  is  file  n  bilike.  e 
gewonlike  f')lk  brauke  gar  nit  1  fremd,  heimatlos 
sprake.  1  fremd  sprake  is  nur  1  frage  fyr  1  klein 
n  reik  kla.s^e.  lase  si  lerna  it,  wen  si  wil.  1  fremd 
latinik  sprake  wil  nit  helpa  e  laTme  weiba  n  shule- 
'kinda  in  wiro  eigene  teutonike  landa  to  erhalta  1 
mer  einfak  regelmasik  n  leikt  lernfear  sprake.  1 
regelmasik,  gud,  grot  alteutonik,  wen  inforn,  als  e 
tokunftike  nazzionike  sprake  so  wel  als  e  rassesipra- 
ke,  is  wert  ]00  mal  mer  ^als  1  fremd  latinik  zunge 
(linquo).  als  esperanto  n  i'do. 

lase  di  latinike  folka  fereinika  sik  mang  sik  selv. 
universal  (panroman)  is  se'r  gut  fyr  di  romanera. 
abr  it  wiln  is  .1  shande  fj'r  di  teutonera  to  annemia  1 
romanik  sprake.  it  is  di  mer  mdrike  folka  wer 
niaikame  di  mer  hoke  folka.  di  teutonera  hav,  nak 
e  leste  bereknu.  ov  prof.  dr.  lenker,  ovr  342  einjona 
(milliona)  sprekera ;  rusiik  160  einjona  u  romanik 
nur  159  einjona;  kinaik  s.elv  336  einjona. 

teutonik  is  also  e  mest  grote  sprakeshatz  in  e 
welt,  n  dok  sol  di  arme(,  unshuldike  teutonera  lasa 
sik  overreita  fon  latinike  roin !  lase  di  romanike 
fiolka  fereinika  sik  me\nig  sik  selv,  wen  si  kan.  si 
kav  eselve  rekt  als  wir.  wir  kan  mer  spat  hen 
leikt  lerna  sio  (ihre(  einfake  n  regelmasike,  panro- 
manike  zunge  (linqiia),  n  si  kan  lerna  leikt  wiro 
alteutonik. 

ale  di  mer  uplarn  leuta  soln  erwerba  1  gud  fremd 
sprake,  wegn  fergleiku  n  .alseitikei.  di  teutonera 
n  romanera  kan  helpa  ein  andr,  om  to  ferhindra 
"english''  to  worda  e  weltosprake. 

wil  ferdranga  e  modersprake. 

won  ale  regirua  soln  Avirklik  zwinga  ale  sine  fol- 
koshula  to  lerna,  to  spreka,  shreiba  n  singa  e  ein- 


—  32  — 
fake,  regelmasike,  s]ione  n  welklingande  latinike 
spra.ke,  panronvan  so  wiln  dat  ferdranga  di  alte  in- 
wikebi  unregelmasike  mitelalterike  n  swirike  teuto- 
nike  moderspraka.  di  kinda,  wer  ha.vn  erwerbn  1 
systemik,  slion  well'a'Utande  fremd  sprake  in  jugendv 
wiln  bald  ferakta  n  femaklasika  e  alte,  n  spreka  ii 
sihreiba  e  neue,  leikte,  bekweme,  sihone  pauiroman. 
is  it  nit  mer  weise  to  fershona  wiro  eigene  sipraka 
n  fereinika  wir  an  tutonik?  kan  "alteutonik"  nit 
worda  intemazionik,  sowel  als  "pannomian"? 

di  latinike  n  panromanike  frenda  wederhole  se'r 
oft,  dat  si  "vvil  nit  feitdranga  di  nazionike  spraka, 
abr  si  kan  nit  fermeida  it,  odT  giva  wir  sikerei  dar- 
gegn.  ja,  weil  di  teutonera  hav  bereits  infom  file 
liatinike  worta,  darfvr  soln  si  worda  starfn  n  zwingn 
to  annema  nok  mer  latin ;  a.br  di  romanera,  wer  hav 
nit  infora  fiie  teutomke  worta,  si  siol  b-elonis  dar- 
fyr  n  behalta  ale  sine  alte  panTOmanake  worta,  ja, 
mit  e  helpe  ov  di  teutonera  selv.  di  teutonera  sol 
helpa  di  roma.niera'  to  ferdranga  n  fernidrika  sine 
eigene  teutonike  spraka !  lase  jede  grot  folkosta- 
me  fereinika  sik  mang  sik  selv,  om  to  eiiialta  mer 
inlieimike,  gude  n  grote  unionspraka ;  als,  alteuto- 
nik,  alromanik,  alslavonik  n  almonigolik.  lase  mio 
tyktike  n  nytlike  frend  n  spDakeknker,  doktor  h. 
molenaar  in  mnenchen,  zia  sine  frenda  nak  sydwest 
n  lase  mio  tentonike  frenda  arbeita  in  e  nord  n  west 
mang  di  teutonera.  wir  arbeite  nit  gegn  einandr. 
molenaar  wil  hav  1  grot  romanik  weltosiprake.  mi 
wil  ok  hav  panroman,  ja,  fir  grote  rassesp-raka,  mit 
gleik  rekt  fyr  ale. 

wi  to  infora  teutonik. 

man  brauke  nur  to  inshalta  32  seita  in  di  alge- 
meine  .shulebuka  fyr  lesan.  in  dise  32  seita  wiln  it 
is  raum  genug  to  angiva  e  'bukstabiru  n  e  korte 
sprakelere,  samt  uprekna  di  200  nithokgermanike 
worta.  nak  dat  kanen  man  utfyla  di  32  seita  mit 
gude  n  anziande  fertahia  o.dr  geshikta.  dis  wihr 
kosta  di  teutonike  sta'ta  beina  nix,  weil  si  mus  dok 
hav  lesebuka  fyr  di  shulekinda.      mer  spat  wihi  di 


—  33  — 
zeitua  infora  leikte  romana  odr  reiseberikta  in  teu- 
toniiv  in  ale  teutonike  ].:^.oda,  n  dan  wiln  bald  e  wel- 
tosprako  koma.  mit  se'r  wenike  utgava.  dark  be- 
ratu  n  deplomati  kan  germauia.  skandia  n  holand  la 
begina,  befor  si  berate  sik  mit  nordamenka. 
zeitu-inshaltan. 

it  wiln  helpa  se'r  fi'l  e  alteutonike  sprake,  wen 
zeitua  n  mionathefta  wiln  iaskalta  1  halv  spalte  odr 
mer  in  jede  ntgave  fon  dis  buklein.  dis  ferfaran 
wiln  ok  gevis  interesera  ale  lesera  n  maka  dis  for- 
slagn  sprake  bekant,  one  extra  kosta  to  e  blat.  dis 
feriaren  wiln  ok  zeiga  e  &wak>ei  n  starkei  ov  e  spra- 
ke, n  dardurk  forursaka  gudiru  (vierbesserung). 

gedikta  kan  shreibis  in  ale  zunga. 

teutonik  wil  gewis  worda  gud  fyr  gedikta,  wegn 
sin  welklingacde  vokalreiktum,  als  in  svedik,  n 
wegn  sin  satzbaut'reikei,  bei  e  helpe  ov  e  objektiv- 
zeikn  em;  als  "e  hundem  seen  e  wolf"  (e  wolf  seen 
e  hand;  g,  "der  wolf  sah  den  hnnd").  in  ge- 
dikta sola  man  oft  bav  mer  satzbaufreihei,  als  in  e 
gewonlike  shreiban,  man  kan  toweiln  in  gedikta 
setza  e  beiwort  nak  e  dingwort:  so,  "di  kinda  gli- 
de," odr,  "di  gude  kinda"  "godo  haus,  odr,  "haus 
godo." 

alteiittonik  nms  ferstandis  in  germania. 

one  to  hav  horn  odr  seen  e  sprake  forut,  sonst  kan 
di  skandiera,  liolandera  n  andre  folka  nit  erhalta 
e  fule  nyt  ov  to  lema  alteutonik.  aibr  wen  it  kan 
ferstandis  c  la  (erste)  raal  in  germania,  austria  n 
sviziia,  dan  brauke  di  skandiera,  holandera  n  andre 
nit  to  warta  1  lang  n  ungewis  zeit,  bis  germania  n 
andre  hav  annemen  dis  sprake.  dis  ide  is  wert 
gerade  so  fi'l  fyr  skandia,  holand  n  andre,  als  fyr 
germania,  anstria  n  svizia.  it  is  dok  3  herrlik  ge- 
dan-ke  dat  dis  fereinfakn  n  wellautande  fereiniku- 
sprake  kan  ferstandis  one  forstud.ium  bei  grote  knl- 
tur  folka.  dan  kan  germania,  austria  n  svizia 
mer  leikt  infora  alteutonik  in  sine  folkoshula. 

file  anglike  worta  in  dis  sprak*  wiln  maka  it  so 
unfersteiwilik,  dat  wedr  anglia.  nok  germania,  s'kaa- 


—  :3i   - 
din  n  holand  kiiiion  ferstanda  it,  n  dan  wilii  e  herr- 
like  undonieniaii  diida  (tiiten)  sik  selv. 
alteutonik  fon  usona  (u.  s.  a.) 

mi  hav  horn  file  gernianiera  n  skandiera  sa^ra,  dat 
it  is.n  (war)  1  glyklik  tofal,  dat  dis  sprake  komen 
augosheinlik  la  (eina,  erst)  fon  usiona  (ferkortl  ov 
''united  states  of  north  america"  —  "u.  s.  o.  n.  a.) 
den  dan  kan  man  nit  saga,  dat  teutonik  is  nur  g'er- 
manik  hokmut.  it  hav  komen  fon  e  mest  grote, 
teutonike  n  pratestantike  land,  abr  it  komen  nur  au- 
gesheinlik  fon  iisona.  mi  sage  "usona"  n  "uiiona- 
era,"  nit  ''amerikaera."  ale  mensha  an  e  westlike 
halvbal  is  "amerikaera."  di  fereinen  sta'ta  sola 
ja  wirklik  hav  sin  eigu  name;  als,  "usona,"  usona- 
er,  usonaik. 

e  ursprinace  ov  teutonik. 

olias  molee,  e  ferfasr  ov  teutonik  isn  (war)  ge- 
bam  8a  einam  (januarij  1845  ov  eltera,  wer  komen 
fon  norveg-.a  to  1  platz  30  kilometra  fon  e  stad  ov 
mihvaukee  in  wiskonsin  sta't,  u.  s.  a.,  in  e  muskigo 
ansidlu.  hio  eltera  kiipn  1  farm  (landgut)  in  e 
wald  miit  kleine  wisa  hir  u  dar,  sio  (ihre)  nakbara 
isn  fwaren)  nordgermauiera  s'kandiera  n  1  amerika- 
ik  famili.  ale  nakbara  havn  file  kinda,  wer  ka- 
nen  nnr  spreka  sine  eigene  teutonike  moderspra;ka. 
wan  di  kinda  komen  tosamen,  om  to  spila,  odr  to 
plyk?.,  bera,  nusa,  pflauma  n  weintrauba  in  e  wald, 
om  to  ferkopa  si  in  e  mihvaukee  stad,  dan  kanen  di 
kinda  nit  ferstanda  einandr;  abr  si  begripn  bald  1 
wort  fon  di  germanike  kinda  1  dag,  n  an  e  2a  (tvoa) 
dag  lemen  si  1  par  worta  fon  di  skandike,  n  e  3a 
ftria)  dag  erhaltn  si  1  odr  2  worta  fon  di  amerika- 
ike  kinda,  n  so  mer  weit  n  weit  fon  dag  to  dag  n  fon 
monat  to  monat  bis  si  havn  makn  1  neu  alteutonik 
fereiniku-sprake  fyr  ale  sine  (ihre)  bedyrfnisa  bi- 
nen  5  jara,  e  fadr  n  e  modr  namen  (nannte)  dis 
sprake  in  sherz  tutitu.  di  kinda  sprekn  imr  "tu- 
titu"  mang  sik  selv.  si  benytn  ok  "tutitu,"  om  to 
helpa  sine  eltera  to  ferkera  mit  andre  nakbara.  al- 
so wordn  "tutitu,"  gleik  1  internazionik  sprake  in  e 


—  35  — 
udlde  wald  in  wiskonsin  sta't.  molee  isn  dan  fon  5 
bis  10  iara  alt.  hi  mitarbe'itn  also,  om  to  maka  1 
alteutonik  sprake  wan  hi  isn  war  5  jara  alt.  hi  is, 
daher,  nu  (1915)  .-;  la  (erste)  n  e  leste  ov  di  leban- 
de  sprakeferfasera. 

tutitu. 

it  is  wnnderlik  to  denka  daran,  dat  dis  unbewuste 
n  nnabsiktlike  kindasprake,  tutitu,  in  e  wilde  wald 
in  usona  soln  worda  e  ware  (wahrej,  naturlike  ur- 
springe  ov  e  nuzeitike  alteutonik.  ja,  it  is  1 
wirklik  wunderbar  tofal,  dat  germanike,  skandike 
n  am<?rikaike  kinda  soln  koma  tosamen  in  e  wald,  n 
wirklik  grunda  1  weltosprake.  molceo  fadr  n 
modr  sagn  oft,  "it  is  slim  dat  germania,  skandia, 
hoiand  n  amerika  havn  nit  eselve  sprake.  weil  di 
nordgermanike  kinda  spre'kn  platgermanik,  hav 
mo'ke  imr  libn  di  platgermanike  worta  .  hi  hav  oft 
sagn,  dat  "it  isn  (war)  se'r  slim  fyr  germania,  dat 
e  l)ibl  overstzn  to  platgermanik  in  rostock  in  1540 
wordn  nit  damals  annemen,  als  e  folkosprake  fyr  e 
ganze  germania ;  dan  wiln  e  sprake  hav  wordn 
mer  einfak,  n  mer  anlike  mit  skandik,  holandik  n 
anglik.  ger.manik  wiln  dan  hav  wordn  mer  inter- 
nazionik,  mer  leikt  to  lerna  n  mer  beli'bn  in  e  welt ; 
ok  mer  leikt  fyr  hungaria,  boh'^ia,  turkia  n  kina." 

dis  teuton ik  is  wirklik  komen  fon  germania  n 
skandia.  di  germanike  n  skandike  kinda,  wer 
hauptsakljk  maken  "tutitu"  komen  fon  dar,  IS 
jara  alt  gan  molee  to  e  norvegike  lutherike  pfarer- 
shule  (college,  gymnasium;  in  dekora,  iowa,  om  to 
worda  1  lutherik  paster;  a^br  hi  wiln  libr  worda 
sprakelerer)  hi  stndirn  dar,  norvegik,  germanik, 
anglik  n  latin.  hi  nemen  ok  private  stunda  in 
franzik.  ale  profesera  isn  komen  fon  skandia  n 
nord  germania,  daher  insaugn  molee  e  nordlike 
skandike  n  germanike  geist. 

r.sona  (u.  s.  of  north  ameriea)  is  ja  1  toktr  fon  e 
teutonike  europa.  di  romanike  n  slavike  folka  is 
nur  gering  in  usona  n  hav  kein  leitande  influs. 
warom  soln  dan  di  teutonike  folka  in  europa  hega  1 


—  86  — 
fornrteil  gegn,  tentonik  wcil  it  isu  begiinen  in  usona. 
teutonik  wordn  fil  gudirn  in  germania  in  e  jar  1908 
wiro  sranze  bildn,  religion,  sprake,  filosofi,  n  wisen- 
shaft  hav  komen  fon  Avestlike  europa.  dis  teutoni- 
ke  toktr,  usona,  sende  loryk  to  sin  modr  in  euro- 
pa,  n  bite  sine  teutonike  eltera  to  helpa  shi  to  er- 
halta  1  nier  leikt  einfak  n  regelma&ik  sprake,  als  shi 
hav  nu.  ja.  bite,  helpe,  libe  eltera  in  europa  to  er- 
halta  1  mer  leikt  n  einfak  sprake  fyr  wiro  libe  shule- 
kinda  I  anglik  bukstabiru  n  fremde  worta  fer- 
swende  wiro  zeit  g-eld  n  kraft,  so  dat  wiro  kinda 
kan  mit  ferstanda  n  erinera  so  fil,  als  si  kanen  mit 
e  leikte  n  einfak-e  teutonike.  wir  btite  di  hoke  teu- 
tonike fyrsta  n  g^lemen  profesera  in  europa  to  fer- 
einika  sik  an  1  teutonik  sprake  n  infora  it,  so  bald 
als  magldk  in  ale  folkoshula,  n  dan  ^vil  wir  ok  taa 
it  in  usona. 

molee  isn  einike  jara  lerer  in  anglike  n  sbandike 
shula.  in  1S74  wordn  hi  wa'ln  to  is  bezirk  shatz- 
meistr  (county  treasurer)  in  houiston  kautj'',  minne- 
sota  sta't.  befoi-  dat  zeit  isn  he  fri'doriktr  (justice 
of  the  peace)  in  spring  grove,  rainnesota.  in  1890 
Avordn  hi  redaktor  ov  1  amerikaik  zeitu  in  syd  da- 
kota.  dok  studirn  hi  in  ale  sine  freistunda  an  1 
teutonik  weltosprake. 

dn  1907  reiisn  hi  fon  tacoma  stad  in  e  sta't  ov  Wa- 
shington an  e  nord-westkyste  ov  usona  to  euro-pa 
durk  Chicago  n  new  york,  n  reisn  mit  1  germanik 
ship  to  hamburg,  n  fon  dar  to  berlin.  hi  shreibn  1 
brif  n  sagn  "mi  ferweiln  6  monata  in  e  shone  n  soli- 
de  stad  ov  berlin.  mi  ibesokn  oft  e  universdtet ; 
horn  fc-rtraga,  n  sprekn  mit  di  studenta  n  profesera. 
mi  besokn  fleisik  kirka,  reikodag:,  landodag,  zeuge- 
haus,  teatra  n  musea ;  lesn  file  germanike  zeitua  n 
kopn  file  buka.  mi  lernen  files  in  hamburg,  ber- 
lin. sansousi,  potsdam  n  koln,  mi  ferlasn  berlin  la 
mar/  (triam)  1908  n  reisn  to  paris,  wor  mi  isn  1 
woke,  n  fon  dar  reisn  mi  to  london,  wor  mi  isn  7 
(syv)  monata,  samt  shreibn  n  drukn  1  buk  in  ang- 
lik n  teutonik. 


—  37  — 

mi  reisn  dan  fon  loindon  to  holand,  n  fon  e  reike 
n  fleis'ike  holand,  reisn  mi  durk  bremen,  liamburg 
n  ki'l  to  kopenha^Ti,  "e  nordike  aten"  in  dania. 
in  kopenhavn  bekomen  mi  e  mest  gude  biitr  n  kase 
in  mio  leban.  mi  besokn  ok  hir  e  uuiversitet  n 
sprekn  mit  di  profesera  om  teutonik.  nak  1  woke 
wandern  mi  mer  weit  durk  sydlike  svedia.  fon  hel- 
singor  to  helsingborg  n  raalmo  n  dan  to  e  gude  stad 
goteborg  fon  shqne   (skane"). 

di  svediera  is  se'r  frendlike,  hoflike  n  gebildn 
lente.  nak  1  kort  zeit  reisn  mi  to  warmeland,  n 
dan  to  kristiania,  e  hauptstad  ov  norvegia,  mio  alte 
libe  faderland,  wor  mi  kanen  einmal  wedr  spreka 
mio  alte  fertraulike  modersprake,  ("dano-norve- 
gik").  mi  ferweiln  9  (ni)  monata.  in  kristiania,  n 
shreibn  n  dmkn  2  kleine  buka  in  mio  modersprake 
n  alteutonik. 

an  e  27a  ov  firam  (april),  1909,  liavn  mi  e  grote 
ere  to  erhalta  audienz  bei  hio  majestet,  konig  haa- 
kon  7a  ov  norvegia.  e  konig  isn  gnadik,  libreik  n 
frendlik  to  mi,  wer  is  nnr  1  ge^vonlik  spraketforshr. 
mi  kan  nimals  fergesa  hio  majestet. 

an  e  26a  ov  femam  (mai)  1909  grundn  mio  freun- 
da  n  mi  1  teutonik  sprakege&elsihaft  in  krisitiania. 
berr  assessor  a.  fiirden  isn  e  la  forsitzande  (pre- 
sident), 1  gelernen  man  n  riktr.  in  seksara  (juni) 
1909  reisn  mi  fon  ki'is.tiania  norvegia  toryk  to  arae- 
rikia. 

einike  ermanna  (ennaimungen). 

•befor  mi  slise  dis  swake  shreiberei,  wiln  mi  gem 
Qnshalta  einike  ermanua  to  junge  lente.  is  sei  gud, 
mild  n  geduldik  gegn  weiba,  kinda,  alte  leute  n  di 
nytlike  haustira.  wen  it  is  nodwendik  to  d(>da  tira, 
tn^e  it  snel  n  mit  wenik  smerz.  ferursake  so  wenik 
smerz  in  dis  welt  as  moglik  utr  (ausser)  in  selvfer- 
teidikii.       arbeite  fleisik  fyr  e  algemeine  wel. 

denke  imr  forut.  heirate  nit,  wen  ju  kan  nit  er- 
nara.frau  n  kinda.  studire  oft  wisenshaftlike  w«r- 
ka  om  e  shone  natnr  (urwes).  stndire  besonders 
buka  om  aresundeikunde,  tirkunde.  erdkunde,  .stern- 


—  38  — 
kiinde  n  geselshaftsknnde.       is   (sei)   keush,  masik, 
e'rlik,    puuktlik  n  reinlik,  n  ju  wil    leba    lange  n 
glyklik  an  e  erde. 

moral  berue  mest  an  mitgefol    n    mitfreude,    an 
mensholibe  n   warei.       pfarera   soln  oft  halta  for- 
trasra  om  kunst  n  wisenshaft  in  sine  kirka.       un- 
wisenei  is  shndlik  f\T  e  ganze  gefotk  (naziou). 
dis  is  mio  mest  gnde  iprakelere. 

mio  germanike,  amerikaike  n  skandike  helpera  n 
ratgi'vera  n  mi  hav  nit  isn  instand  to  maka  e  spra- 
kelere  '^gramatik)  mer  gud  fyr  e  teutonike  folko- 
stame.  Avir  hav  arbeitn  daran  1  ganz  menshaltr. 
wir  hiav  fer&okn  file  andre  plana  mit  e  sprakelere, 
abr  wir  hav  dan  trefn  andre  anstosesteina.  mi 
hcfe,  daher,  dat  mio  frenda  in  germania  skandia, 
holand  n  amerika  wil  lase  di  hauptregla  ov  e  spra- 
kelere standa  als  si  is.  abr  it  wil  dok  is  files  to 
gudira  in  beziu  to  bukstabiru  n  wortashatz.  dis 
sprake  is  nit  iinfeibar,  als  e  papst,  abr  it  kan  leikt 
gndiris. 

kein  ferfasero  rekt. 

mi  kan  hir  saga,  dat  mi  ferlange  kein  aleinrekt  als 
ferfasr  ov  dis  buklein.  jede  ferlegr  in  irgn  1  land 
kan  nakdruka  e  teutonike  "teil,"  oversetza  e  ang- 
like  te""!  to  sin  eign  modersprake,  n  ferkopa  e  buk- 
lein so  fi'l  als  hi  wil,  one  b^etalu  to  mi.  hi  brauke 
nur  to  erwana  e  ferfasr.  lase  dis  buk  hav  minst  56 
seita.  cdr  64  seita  in  klein  format  fyr  klasa.  lase 
mi  ok  saga,  dat  1  jede  lerer  odr  lerin  kan  bilda  kla- 
sa n  mitleita  underrikt,  in  teutonik  n  nema  betalii 
darf>T  fon  .sine  lerima.  one  shuldikei  to  mi.  mi 
arbeite  nit  fyr  geld  odr  berymenei,  (beruemtheit) 
sondem  fyr  e  wel  ov  mio  teutonike  folkostame  n  <> 
welt,  mi  hav  ferlirn  geld  n  zeit  an  ale,  mio  sprake- 
buka  abr  mi  hav  dok  1  klein  fest  inkom,e.  als 
aleinik  person  kan  mi  leba  darov  n  giva  weg  etwat 
geld  n  zeit  jede  jar  fyr  teutonik.  mio  nakste  buka 
wil  is  1  neu  oversetzu  ov  ibseno  piipeheiin,  samt  andr 
shrifta,  om  to  bilda  1  klein  literaturbegine  ov  teuto- 
nik. 


—  39  — 
mi  kan  nit  giva  wcj  orasoKst,  so  file  shrifta,  als 
mi  g^rne  wiln.  «  drukearbeit  koste  hir  in  usona 
mer  als  in  europa.  mi  hav  dok  setzn  e  preis  fyr  dis 
oraslageibr.k.  so  nidrik  als  moglik,  niir  20  j;^nta,  odr 
80  pfeniga.  mi  bite,  daher  di  teutonike  ferle.gera 
n  zeitiia  to  erwara  di.s  buklein.  sanit  c  preis  ii  mio 
genygande  adre.se:  so,  "sende  20  —n%s,  odr  80  pfe- 
niga in  kiipona  to  elias  moles,  tacoma,  wash.,  u.  s.  a." 
fi'lleikt  kan  mi  dan  erhalta  mio  ntgivn  geld  toryk, 
odr  ]  teil.  mi  hav  kein  eign  zeitu,  cm  to  maka  re- 
klame  fyr  teutonik.  mi  stytze  mi  ganz  an  e  k)a- 
raktr  n  geist  ov  e  teutonike  folkostame,  n  an  mio 
shreibande  frenda.  dis  shrift  wil  hofentlik  bewe- 
ga  einike  gonera  to  denka  an  dis  grote  n  wiktiike 
siprakefereiniku  ov  e  teutonike  folkostame,  n  ok  to 
upmutera  jeman  to  maka  alteutonik  nok  mer  gud, 
V.  ferbreita  dis  ideal  mang  di  teutonera. 

di  germaniera.  skandiera  n  holandera  is  grote 
sqirakekenera.  si  hav  ok  findn  e  mest  frendlike  in- 
terese  in  teutonik ;  mi  wunsbe,  daher,  tolest  to  over- 
lasa  mio  geist  fyr  upbewaru  to  e  fenvante  irer- 
mania,  skandia  n  holand.  mogn  si  einst  erhalta  1 
gemeinsam  teutonik  sprake,  wilk  Avi]n  beherrsha  e 
"vvelt,  ok  men  andre  grote  folkostama  fereinika  sik 
an  1  sprake ;  mdge  ale  teutonera  einst  erhalta  1  re- 
gelmasik,  einfak  n  wellaatande  sprake — lase  wir 
hofa  dat  dis  fur.ktelike  krig  ov  1914  wil  bald  enda. 
amen. 


—  40  — 
anhangl. 

di  30  mest  njrtlike  ferkortlaM 

bsp,  d,  (is,  dt,  e,  gd,  hv,  mk,  mn,  nir,  ms,  m»t,  mt, 
n,  nsf,  nt,  ux,  s,  si,  t,  wl,  wlk,  wii,  wr,  ws,  wt, 
1,  la,  Id,  Im. 

slisl  (slysl). 

beispi'l,  di,  dis,  dat,  e,  gud,  hav,  mak,  man,  mer, 
mils,  mest,  mat,  en  (und),  ensafort,  nit,  nix,  is,  sol, 
to,  Avil.  wilk.  wen,  wer,  weis,  wat,  1,  la  (eina),  Id 
(einad,  sondag  erste  dag),  Im  (einam,  jannari,  erste 
raonat). 

bemerkua  mt  d  30  ferkortla. 

WT3  mn  amieme  30  ferkortla  ov  d  mst  hanfike  wor- 
ta  dan  wl  25  worta  in  e  300  ferkortis.  mt  100  fer- 
kortla wl  41  in  e  100  ferkortis.  abr  mt  2(X)  fer- 
kortla wl  56  in  e  100  ferkortas,  abr  mt  300  ov  d 
mest  oft  forkomande  worta,  wl  nur  61  worta  in  e 
100  ferkortis.  d  leste  100  ferkortla  trefe,  daher, 
nur  5  worta  in  e  100.  it  lone  sik  also  nt  t  anneraa 
mer  als  200  ferkortla. 

d  ferkortla  hv  1  grot  bedeutu. 

ja,  d  ferkortla  hv  gewis  fi'l  t  saga.  si  s  ov  unge- 
heur  grot  wiktikei.  ale  rbnka  n  zeitua  win  worda 
1  firateil  (Vi)  mr  klein  n  leikt  t  traga  n  behandla,  n 
t  shreiba  rat  200  ferkortla.  si  is  ok  se'r  gd  fyr  d 
auga.  dn  dan  brauke  d  auga  nt  t  bewega  sik  so  snel 
ovr  d  lina.  om  t  folga  e  stime  odr  d  gedanka. 

mt  200  ferkortla  kn  mn  erspara  zeit,  geld,  papir  n 
augakraft.  si  s  leikt  t  lerna  fyr  d  kinda,  wr  wl  hv 
segn  darov  durk  sio  (ihre)  ganze  leban.  ale  Sipra- 
ka  sin  begina  mt  30  haufike  braukn  ferkortla,  dar- 
nak  annema  100  n  bis  lest  200  fyr  algemein  ge- 
brauk.  om  t  utfinda.  wat  s  d  mst  haufike  worta, 
kan  mn  fraga  d  korthand-shreibera. 

e  nordamerikaike  geldsystem. 

germania,  austria,  skandia,  holand  n  svizia  kanen 
erwerba  f'l  aktu,  bekwemlikei  n  frenda  in  n. 
amerika  bei  t  annema  e  mst  bekweme  n  ferbreitn 
geldsystem  in  e  welt.       ds  geldsystem  gebraukis  in 


—  41  — 

d  fereinen  sta'ta,  Canada,  mexiko,  n  japan.  ds  sy- 
stem anwendi^  also  bei  3  grote  folkostama;  namlik, 
e  teutonike,  e  romanike  n  e  mongolike.  e  "mark" 
odr  e  "frank"  s  t  klein  n  e  anglike  "pfund  ster- 
ling" s  t  grot,  abr  e  amerikaike  dalr  stande  n  e 
mite;  so,  10  mil  mke  1  cent  n  ]00  cent  make  1  dalr. 
**inil"  s  se'r  bekwem  fyr  steurbereknu.  wn  mn 
win  hv  reine  eigne  teutonike  nama,  kanen  man  saga 
10  "tua"  (mill  1-1000  teil  ov  1  dalr)  mke  1  "hu" 
(cent,  100  teil  ov  1  dalr)  n  100  "hua"  mke  1  dalr; 
dt  s.  10  tua=l  hu;  100  hua=l  dalr.  "tu"  s  1 
ferkortl  ov  "tiisn"  (1,000)  n  "hu"  s  1  ferkortl  o-v 
^'hundi'"  (100).  jede  gefolk  kan  ja  hv  sin  eign 
bild  an  e  geld,  als  amerika,  mexako  n  japan. 
50  mere  platgermamke  worta. 
Mm  germania,  anstria  n  svizia  win  mka  alteutonik 
(odr  einfak  teutonik)  1  wenik  mr  leikt  t  lerna  in 
skandia  n  holand.  kanen  si  wel  annema  50  mere  plat- 
germaivke  worta  wlk  s  zimlik  anlik  in  germania. 
skandia,  holand  n  amerika;  t  bs-p,  blad  (blatt)  ;  set- 
ten  (setzen) ,  tid  (zeit)  ;  farve  (farbe)  ;  erwerve  (er- 
werben)  ;  pipe  (pfeife)  :  dal  (thai);  grav  (grab), 
nsf.  dok  ms  e  sprake  ferstandis  n  germania,  aus- 
tria  n  svizia  mit  1  mal,  one  forstudium ;  sonst  kan 
sliandia  n  holand  nt  bekoma  e  fule  nvt  darfon. 


wen  man  kan  anvvenda  teuto  (teutonik)  fyr  so 
abstrakt  erortru  als  sprakelere  (gramatik),  godo- 
lere  (teologi),  goddinu  (religion),  sitelere  (moralle- 
rc),  wes.enlere  (filosofi),  erdlere  (geologi),  erdbe- 
sheibl  (geografi),  wisenshaft,  fertalu,  geshikte,  n 
dat  hav  w:r  bereits  tun  in  dis  bukleiu,  dan  kan  man 
ok  benyta  dl«  sprake  fyr  sta'towesn  (politik),  handl 
n  ale  andre  zweka,  mit  mer  odr  mindr  fremde  worta. 


om  to  crwerba  mere  neue  teutonike  worta  n  dar- 
durk  erhalta  1  mer  rein,  einartik  n  selvklar  sprake 
fyr  wir  selv  n  e  welt,  kan  wir  oft  tua,  als  c  grote 
denkr.  leibitz  sage;  namlik,  to  nema  neue  worta  fon 
platgermanik,  skandik,  ho]andik,  gotik.  odr  alt  an- 


—  42  — 

^eLsaksik  odr  islandik,  austat  latin.       lase  mi  g'wa 
einike  beispila : 

hikill  (museulinum ;  skandik  "hankon";  man- 
liches  gesehlecht)  ;  shikin  (femininun),  keinkiii 
(neiitrum;  skandik,  "intetkon")  kringf  (zirkel;  bo- 
landik  'kring')  gfrakt  (kaiial;  holandik,  "gracht")  ; 
mefru  (madame),  gudbei  (lebewohl,  adjo;  aaglik, 
"goodby");  tyding  (testament;  islandik,  "thy- 
ding").  islandisk  is  se'r  einartik  (homogene)  n 
selvklar. 


wir  utlase  nit  latin  n  grekik,  weil  wir  base  si, 
Kondern  weil  1  gemiksn  sprake  kan  nit  worda  selv- 
klar, durksiktik  n  helpereik  f^^r  irgn  1  folkostame. 
wen  man  sol  saga  "haus"  kan  man  nit  gebrauka  e 
wort  "domus."  man  mus  entwedr  annema  "land" 
odr  "tera."  1  gemiksn  sprake  is  gegn  ale  folko- 
stama.  darom  wil  it  is  mest  gud  fyr  ale  grote 
f oikostama  to  annema  fir  grote  f ereiniku-spraka ; 
als,  "alteiitonik,  alromanik,  alslavonik  n  .almongo- 
lik ;  dan  kan  e  welt  mer  spathen  annema  e  mest  gli- 
de odr  ferbreitn  folkostame-zunge  (lingua)  fyr  de- 
plomati,  n  zwisihengefokik  samkome  n  ferke'r.  wen 
ale  di  grote  er\vanen  spraka  isn  regelmasike,  einfake 
n  selvklare,  kanen  ale  gebildn  leute  leikt  lerna  2 
weltospraka.  abr  e  wirklike  deplomatosprake  wil 
endlik  worda  alteiitonik  odr  alromanik,  well  mest 
ferbreitn ;  dok  kan  jede  folkostame  hav  sin  eign 
bolibn  heimesprake  fyr  sine  kinda  n  lerna  it  gud. 


fersbi'denc  gefolka  kan  liba,  era  n  akta  einandr 
mit  fershi'dene  spraka;  als,  germania  holand,  n  swe- 
dia;  aiistria.  hufraria  n  turkia ;  anglia  n  rusia ;  ame- 
rika  n  brazilia ;  franzia  r.  portugal ;  italia  n  spania. 
an  e  andr  hand,  hav  fershi'dne  gefolka  mit  e  selve 
sprake  forn  krig  gegn  einandr;  als  di  fereinen  sta'ta 
n  anglia ;  germania  n  austria. 

di  sydamerikaike  sta'ta  mit  eselve  sprake  hav  oft 
bekrign  einandr.  e  grote  burgerkrig  in  amerika  in 
1861  isn  zwishn  di  nord-  n  sydsta'ta  mit  eselve  spra- 


—  43  — 

k€.  unfri'd  benie  eifrentlik  an  ekonomike  irrund- 
laga.  abr  1  grot,  gud,  ferbreitn  sprake  is  dok  1 
se'r  wiktik  bekwernlikei,  n  1  grot  erziumitl,  wen  re- 
gelmasik  n  selvklar,  n  se'r  ferbreitn  niit  1  grot  buk- 
shatz. 


1  weltosprake  mns  la  koma  fon  di  obershula  nni- 
vesiteta  mit  helpe  ov  di  regirua,  abr  it  mus  so  sam- 
bauis,  dat  it  is  se'r  leikt  fyr  di  algemeine  n  fer- 
wante  folka  to  lerna,  ferstanda  n  erinra,  binen  e  be- 
trafande  folkostauie.  1  gemiksn  sprake  is  e  unsin. 
ibseno  shauspi'l. 

mi  bav  bereits  oversetzn  henrik  ibseno  shauspi'l 
in  3  upzia  (aufzuege),  pupeheim  to  teutonik.  dis 
sihaiispil  is  1  ov  di  mest  anziande,  besonders  mang  di 
weiba.  it  is  leikt  to  handhava,  weil  it  bav  nur  7 
persona,  mit  korte  reda,  fraga  n  antM'orta,  wilk  Avil 
belpa  di  toborera  mer  leikt  to  begripa,  wat  sagis  an 
e  b^Tie. 

mi  bav  horn  germaniera,  skandiera  n  bolandera 
saga,  dat  "ibseno  pupeheim"  Aviln  lona  sik  uteror- 
dentlik  gud  i'yr  1  shausp:l-gese]shaft.  wen  1  gesel- 
sbaft  bav  lernen  it  gud  n  inybn  sik,  kanen  si  spila 
eselve  shauspi'l  ovral  in  germania,  skandia,  holand, 
svizia  n  in  file  teila  in  austria  n  nordamerika. 

tusn  (1,000)  n  abr  tusn  wiln  is  neugirik,  om  ta 
bora  e  tokunftike  gemeinsame,  teutnnike  folkospra- 
ke.  dis  wiln  is  etwat  neues  ov  wiktikei.  1  odr  2 
geselsbafta  kanen  spila  dis  styk,  mit  mer  odr  mindr 
ferandrua  fon  zeit  t  zeit  durk  sin  ganze  leban.  di 
spilera  n  spilina  rausn  gewona  sik  to  spreka  laut, 
langsam  n  deutlik.  man  kan  nit  bora  1  neu  sprake 
so  leikt  n  so  snel,  a  Is  e  alte  moderzunge. 
bekantraaku. 

da  mi  mogn  gerne  se,  dat  pupeheim  isn  (ware) 
drukn  in  germania  odr  skandia  bei  1  bekant  fer- 
legT,  kan  mi  bir  ferspreka  to  betala  fyr  e  typesetze 
n  druke.  e  ferlegr  kan  senda  mi  100  eksemplar  in 
omslag,  one  mer  weit  shuld.  .mi  kan  inlega  300 
marka  in  1  bank  mit  anweisu  to  e  bank  bir  in  ta- 


—  44  — 

coma,  dat  it  sol  halta  e  geld  fyr  hr  ferlegr bis 

e  betrefande  ferlegr  sende  to  e  betrefande  bank  100 
«ksemplara  fyr  elias  mole,  n  dan  sol  e  bank  shika  di 

300  marka  to  e  erwanen  ferlegr in  germania 

odr  s'kandia, 

wen  mio  la  buk  "alteutonik"  soln  gewina  beifale 
in  germania,  dan  wiln,  filleikt,  1  ferlegr  herutgiva 
"pupeheim"  an  sin  eign  reknu,  wen  mi  sende  mio 
dentlik  shreibn  handushrift. 

1  wunderbar  gedanke. 

1  fru  arztin  hir  an  e  stileme'rkyst  ameri'ka,  befyr- 
worte,  dat  man  sol  doda  ale  imheilbare  wansinike  n 
ferbrekera.  si  behaupte  dat  e  leban  is  nix  wert 
to  ungudirbare  wansinike  n  ferbrekera,  n  dat  it  wiln 
is  mest  libreik  n  fernunftik  to  giva  solke  persona  1 
kort  n  sm,erzlos  d5d.  it  wiln  ok  is  e  mest  glide  fyr 
e  geselshaft ;  e  mest  bili'ke  n  sikre  feraran.  e  ge- 
selshaft  hav  rekt  to  beshytza  sik  selv,  sonst  wil  di 
fleizike,  gude  leute  bav  to  fi'l  to  betala. 


0  forerwanen  fm  arztin,  befyrworte  ok,  dat  ale 
mensha  over  65  jara,  arm  odr  reik,  man  odr  weib,  sol 
bekoma  1  gewis  halvjarlik  ruegehalt  (penzion)  ;  om 
t  trost-a  n  upmiintra  di  leute  durk  sio  (ihre)  g'anze 
leban  ob  si  erreike  65  j.arar  odr  nit.  wen  ale  be- 
kome  rnegehalt  is  it  kein  shande. 

selvdodiru. 

e  grote  n  berymen,  oberst,  robert  ingersoll,  1  grot 
advokat,  ferfasr  n  folkoredner,  bebauptn,  dat  1 
Tnensdi  hav  rekt  to  endira  (bendika)  sin  eign  lebe, 
imdr  gewise  tranrike  omstanda:  to  beispi'l,  wen 
1  mensb  hav  1  iinheilHar  n  smerzhaft  krankei,  is  alt 
n  arm,  dan  k«n  hi  endira  sin  leban  n  sin  smerz  ut  ov 
libe  to  sik  n  sin^  frenda  n  e  geselshaft.  e  alte 
cato,  in  klasike  crrekia,  sagn  einmal,  dat  hio  mest 
grote  trost  isn  I'war),  dat  wen  e  lebe  soln  worda  alto 
hofnulos  n  skreklik  ,kanen  hi  dok  endira  it,  om  to 
finda  1  smerzlfis  rue.  file  ov  di  mest  gude  mana  n 
weiba  in  ale  zeita  hav  endirn  sin  eign  leban. 


—  45  — 

wat  is  1  gud  handlu? 

1  gud  handla  is  1  haiwllu  (foru),  wilko  gesamt  er- 
folg,  na  n  fern,  is  heilsaiii  (dinlik,  nytlik)  fyr  e  alge- 
meine  weJis  (AA-ohlsein).  dar  is  kein  mas  mit  wilk 
man  kan  masa  (messeu)  1  handlu,  utr  bei  ito  heil- 
samei. 

e  wesen]  erer  (filosof)  n  urwesnkundike  (natar- 
ktindike  herbert  spencer  sage  in  anglik: 

"good  conduct  is  conduct,  ^^ilase  total  results, 
immediate  and  remote,  are  beneficiaL  there  is  no 
way  of  measuring  conduct,  except  by  its  bene- 
i'iciality." 

wat  is  warei? 

warei  is  irar  nur  1  overeinstimu  mit  e  wirklik^i. 
dis  wirklikei  kan  nur  utfindis  durk  erfaru.  dis 
erfaru  must  koma  into  e  gehim  durk  di  nerva ;  dat 
is,  durk  di  sinowerkzeuga,  so  dat  e  erfaru  kan  koma 
into  e  grotgehim  n  darmit  worda  1  bewustis  (be- 
wustsein),  wilk  is  e  mest  hoke  riktr  in  ale  "wiseno- 
fraga,  odr  wareisaka. 

di  urwesn  (natur)  gesetza  is  uferanderlike. 

ale  wisenshaftista  is  einik  darovr,  wen  e  urwesn 
isn  (war^  nit  unferanderlik,  kanen  dar  is  kein  handl, 
odr  weisenshaft.  wen  1  pfundgewikt  soln  wiga  1 
pfund  heute,  1  halv  pfund  morgn,  n  overmorgn  wi- 
ga nix,  wiln  ales  fliga  in  e  luft ;  also  is  e  unf erander- 
likei  ov  di  urwesngesetza  1  unbedingn  nodwendikei 
fyr  6  fortbestande  ov  wiro  erdike  lebe  n  bildu  (kul- 
tur).  wen  dis  is  war,  dan  is  ale  wundrel  (mirakel) 
gesbikta  unwar.  1  dod  man  kan  nit  spreka,  weil 
it  is  gegn  di  unferanderlike  urwesengesetza.  den- 
ikire  (studire)  an  ursake  n  wirku. 

erlikei  n  selvdenke. 
hir  is  1  swirik  punkt,  wilic  ale  regirua  mus  fer- 
soka  to  entwikla,  so  bald  als  moglik.  om  to  feredJa 
sine  folka  n  maka  si  upklarn  selvdenkande  n  selvbe- 
hershn.  1  gud  regiru  brauke  nit  to  grunda  sic 
makt  au  unwisenei,  son.iern  an  e  meinu  ov  di  gude, 


—  46  — 
upklarn  n  selvdenkande  burgera.       1  regiru  is  un- 
bedingn  nodvendik  fyr  ale  inwonera. 

vri  kan  man  underrikta  eltera  n  lerera  to  invt>a, 
drila  n  ermana  di  shulekinda  to  worda  erlike,  selv- 
denkande, selvbehershande,  reine,  keushe,  gemiasike, 
fleisike,  gewiseniiafte  n  uklam  mensha?  o  we!  o 
we!'  wi  fi'l  elend,  sorg,  krankei  n  janir  kome  nit 
fon  nnerlikei,  unwisenei,  unkeushei,  weingeist  (al- 
kohol)  n  shadlike  leidenshafta.  kein  kinik  (sex- 
ual) ferker,  wen  niisn  wil  nit  erzeuga  1  kind. 

1  mensh  soln  erzi'is,  so  dat  hi  kan  finda  mer  fer- 
gnyge  in  arbeit,  kanst,  shreibeshatz  (literatur)  n 
wisenshaft,  als  mer  fry.  di  mensha  mus  feredla  sik 
selv  n  worda  selvbestimande,  so  dat  si  kan  ok  fer- 
edla sin  eign  religion  n  modersprake,  n  nit  shlavik 
beibehalta  ale  alte  iinregelmasike  dumeia  n  unkraut. 
neue  worta,  wat?! 

wen  kein  mensh  havn  annemen  neue  worta,  wiln 
wir  nok  isn  wilde  barbara.  om  to  maka  e  sprake 
einartik  n  selv^klar,  mns  man  urwesnik,  (naturlik) 
gTunda  di  neue  worta  ,an  di  alte  bekante,  dok  kan 
man  maka  neue  samsetzua;  als,  gefolk,  anstat  "na- 
zion"  n  urwesn,  anstat  "natur,"  n  fyrsik,  anstat 
■"privat,"  denkire  (studire)  dagire  (datire),  e  druk- 
int  (die  presse)  ;  nsf.  di  mest  gude,  nytlike  n  selv- 
klare  worta  fyr  ale  mensha,  is  wel  di  neue  nanxa  ov 
di  wokedaga  n  di  monata.  di  daga  n  monata  Ls  tal- 
irn  (nummerirn)  als  in  grekia,  kina  n  japan  (nipon). 
di  tala  mus  dok  ale  Icrna  in  e  begine;  so,  "ein  (1) 
eina  (erste),  tvoa  (zweite),  tria  (dritte),"  nsf.  nu, 
setze  wir  blot  "d"  nak  di  ordenotala  fyr  daga,  n 
"m"  fyr  m.onata,  so,  "einad  (sondag),  tvoad  (mon- 
dag,  zweite  da,g),"  nsf.;  einam  "  (.januari,  erste  mo- 
nat) ;  tvoam   (februari),"  nsf. 

e  folk  mus  bald  bekoma  1  germanik-teutonik  wor- 
tabuk  mit  20,000  worta.  ale  gefolka,  beina,  hav 
fershi'dene  nam  a  fyr  di  wokedaga;  to  beispi'l;  g. 
"mitwok";  skandik  onsdag;  h.  woensdag;  a.  Wed- 
nesday." nsi".  wi  fi'l  mer  leiktlernbar  n  selvklar 
is  nit  di  neue  worta,  nak  tal  (ahl)  ? 


—  47  — 

man  mus  nit  is  alto  bang  for  neue  worta.  di 
hauptsake  ivS.  dat  si  is  teutonik,  einartik  n  welklin- 
gande  (harmonik).  maukmal  kan  man  entwikla 
stiiine  n  bekweme  neue  worta  bei  to  benyta  mer  frei 
di  algemeine  n  bekante  forsilba  (prefixa)  n  nak- 
fdlba  fsnffixa)  niit  di  alte  teutonike  grundworta; 
"denkire, "  ;mstat  e  latinike  "studire."  denkirer 
(student);  "teilir«,"  anstat  "dividire"  ''om''  be- 
deute  etwats  grotes;  als,  grotomik,  anstat  "gi- 
gantik." 

wan  1  gefolk  (nazion)  odr  folkostame  frasse)  hav 
selv  wa'ln,  makn  n  entwikeln  sin  eign  sprake.  dan 
la  (erst)  is  it  rekt  wordn  1  sitlik  (moralik),  ]  ab- 
5?jktlik  n  1  selverwer'bn  eigentum,  wilk  e  ganze  fol- 
kostame kan  is  stoTt  n  fro  darov,  weil  it  is  nit  mer 
1  blind  fernunftlos  herbriugl.  wen  wir  wil  bekoma 
1  gud,  resrelmasik,  einfak.  selvklar.  welklingande, 
rein,  teutonik  sprake  fyr  wire  kinda  n  e  welt,  dan 
mus  wir  raaka  it  selv. 

ybu  in  brifshreibe  n  zeikne. 

di  kinda  soln  oft  sbreiba  brifa  to  ferwante  odr 
frenda,  odr  shreiba  berikta  ov  besoka  odr  kleine 
reisa,  ut  ov  sin  eign  erfaru  n  gedanka,  om  to  yba 
s-ik  in  shreiban  n  selvdenkan.  di  eltera  odr  lerera 
mus  unvesnik  fnaturlik)  helpa  n  riktikira  (korri- 
gira).  to  zeikna  ferursake,  dat  di  kinda  kan  be- 
obakta  mer  genau  n  ok  shreiba  mer  deutlik. 

trene  shule  n  Mrke. 

in  ale  sliula  soln  di  lerera  n  shulbuka  underrikta 
di  kinda  om  gude,  algemeine  betrageregla  (etiket). 

shule  n  kirke  soln  trenis,  als  in  di  fereinen  sta'ta 
n  franzia.  religion  is  1  fyrsik  (privat)  sake.  in 
di  ofentlike  shula,  worhen  ale  betale  steuer,  soln 
man  infora  moral! ere  anstat  religion. 

sonst  bleibe  it  imr  streit  in  di  folkoshola  wegn 
religion,  zwishn,  juda,  freidenkera,  mohamedanera, 
protestanata  n  katolika.  abr  ale  fernunftike  men- 
sha  kan  dok  ferstanda,  dat  sitelere   (morallere)   is 


—  48  — 
nodwendik  in  di  shula,  om  to  ma-ka  di  mensha  erlike, 
miMe,  helpereike,  keushe,  g'emasike,  reinlike  n  ge- 
snnde.  di  kirka,  pfarera  n  prista  kan  nur  eriialtim, 
■vven  si  worde,  als  di  neue  unitarier,  blot  morallerera, 
mit  fortraga  jede  einad  (sondag)  om  menshopflilita^ 
literatur,  g-eshikte  n  wisenshaft.  dat  kan  di  pfare- 
ra n  prista  bald  lema  odr  nakama,  fon  di  oberlerera 
(pro tessera),  btika,  odr  dnrk  selvdenke,  wen  si  ein- 
mal  is  frei  fon  e  sta't.  lase  di  kirka  worda  freie 
n  urabhangike. 

wir  hav  ale  nrsake  to  wunsha  dat  di  kirka  sol  er- 
haltis,  wen  inriktim  (organi^iert)  undr  1  neu  geor- 
dn  (system).  di  meste  mensha  wil  gem  hora  n 
lema.  kirka  n  lerera  wil  daura  so  lange  mensha 
lebe  an  e  erde. 

to  reta  sela  fon  hole  odr  fegefeuer,  is  feraltn.  di 
tokunftike  kirka  mus  feredla  n  upklara  di  mensha 
an  dinga,  wilk  is  nodwendik  to  weis  in  dis  welt  alein, 
.sonst  Avil  di  kirka  utsterba,  wegn  e  neue  wisenshaft. 
lase  wir  dok  erhalta  wiro  kirka.  wir  bedyrfe  1  mer 
fernunftik  relisrion.  so  wel  als  1  mer  fernunftik 
sprake. 

landhungr. 

wi  kan  man  ferhindra,  dat  e  libe  modr,  erde  kome 
in  e  eigentum  ov  wenike  naziona  odr  mana  ?,  als  ein- 
raal  in  rora,  for  e  undergang,  n  in  franzia  for  e  urn- 
waltzu  (revoluzion).  landhiingr  gripe  om  sik  in 
ale  land?.,  besonders  in  rusia  anglia,  n  mexiko.  je- 
de  regiru  is  mer  sikr  n  fest  mit  file  kleine  farraera. 

dnikfetera. 

it  is  'dmlik  file  drukfe'lera  in  dis  buklein,  abr  mi 
hofe  dok,  dat  di  les^ra  n  lesina  hav  ferstandn  ales, 
obshon  1  andr  kan  ,ga  hen  n  tua  desgleike  fi'l  mer 
gild,  als  mi  hav  tun. 


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